The Foreign Secretary is the most senior diplomat and governmental, non-political official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Government of Bangladesh.
The holder of the post heads all functions of their ministry, including the Foreign Service (also called Diplomatic Service) and reports to the Foreign Minister, who is the most senior political figure with responsibilities for Foreign Affairs.
The current Foreign Secretary is Mr.Masud Bin Momen.[1] The first Foreign Secretary was Abul Fateh.
| 1 | 30.12.1971 to 16.01.1972 | ||
| 2 | Sayyid Anwarul Karim[2] | 17.01.1972 to 14.07.1972 | |
| 3 | 14.07.1972 to 16.02.1974 | ||
| 4 | 22.10.1974 to 15.11.1975 | ||
| 5 | 15.11.1975 to 06.09.1978 | ||
| 6 | 06.12.1978 to 02.05.1981 | ||
| 7 | 16.06.1981 to 01.06.1982 | ||
| 8 | 01.06.1982 to 07.10.1984 | ||
| 9 | 07.10.1984 to 17.07.1986 | ||
| 10 | Fakhruddin Ahmed | 17.07.1986 to 08.05.1987 | |
| 11 | A. K. M. Nazrul Islam | 09.05.1987 to 19.07.1988 | |
| 12 | Mohammed Mohsin | 19.07.1988 to 25.06.1989 | |
| 13 | 25.06.1989 to 21.10.1989 | ||
| 14 | 05.11.1989 to 19.09.1991 | ||
| 15 | 19.09.1991 to 13.12.1993 | ||
| 16 | 13.12.1993 to 09.02.1995 | ||
| 17 | 07.03.1995 to 16.09.1997 | ||
| 18 | 16.09.1997 to 27.02.1999 | ||
| 19 | 23.03.1999 to 26.01.2001 | ||
| 20 | 11.03.2001 to 17.07.2001 | ||
| 21 | Shamsher M. Chowdhury, BB | 24.10.2001 to 17.03.2005 | |
| 22 | Hemayet Uddin | 17.03.2005 to 10.12.2006 | |
| 23 | 17.12.2006 to 08.07.2009 | ||
| 24 | 09.07.2009 to 02.12.2012 | ||
| 25 | 10.01.2013 to 30.12.2019 | ||
| 26 | 31.12.2019 to present |