Nahida Sobhan new envoy to Jordan

The government has appointed Nahida Sobhan as Bangladesh’s new ambassador to Jordan.

She is currently serving as the director general of United Nations wing at the foreign ministry.

Nahida Sobhan is the first female ambassador of Bangladesh to be posted in the Middle East region.

She is a career foreign service officer, belonging to 15th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) foreign affairs cadre.

In her distinguished diplomatic career, Sobhan served in various capacities at Bangladesh missions in Rome, Kolkata and Geneva.

She obtained her Master of Arts (MA) degree in English literature from Dhaka University.

She was trained in Public International Law at the Hague Academy of International Law in the Netherlands and obtained Diploma in international relations from the Institute of Public Administration of Paris in France. She is fluent in French, English and Bangla.

She is married and has two children.