Shah Ahmed Shafi has been appointed as the new High Commissioner of Bangladesh to South Africa.
Currently, he is serving as an Additional Foreign Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for the bilateral affairs related to the East European countries and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced his new appointment through a press release on Thursday.
Shafi, a career diplomat belonging to the 17th batch of BCS (Foreign Affairs) cadre, joined Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1998.
Prior to that, he served at the Foreign Service Academy, Dhaka as Director General. Earlier, he also served at the National Defence College, Dhaka as a Senior Directing Staff.
In his diplomatic career, he served in different capacities in Bangladesh Missions in Nairobi, Los Angeles, Paris and New Delhi.
He also served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Bangladesh Embassy in Beijing.
Ambassador-designate Shah Ahmed Shafi completed his post graduation in Sociology department from Dhaka University.
