Muhammad Mahfuzur Rahman is a Bangladeshi diplomat and former ambassador of Bangladesh to Poland and Ukraine.[1] [2]
Rahman completed his bachelor's degree in architecture from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.[3] He did his master's degree at Monash University in Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
Rahman joined the Bangladesh Foreign Service through the 13th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service. He served in the embassy of Bangladesh in Myanmar, the Embassy of Bangladesh in Kuwait, the High Commission of Bangladesh in Pakistan, and the Embassy of Bangladesh in Spain.[4]
Rahman was the director general of the American Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from September 2012 to June 2015.[5]
On 25 December 2014, Rahman was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Poland. On 23 June 2015, he presented his credentials to President Bronislaw Komorowski of Poland.[6] [7] He concurrently served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Ukraine.[8] He urged Grzegorz Schetyna, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland to make it easier for Bangladeshi students to get study visas.[9] In January 2019, he signed a memorandum of understanding with Jagiellonian University to establish the Bangabandhu Centre for Bangladesh Studies.[10]
Rahman wrote for the Daily Sun that President Mohammed Shahabuddin should be forcefully removed from power for being appointed by the deposed Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.[11] He said "this clown (Mohammed Shahabuddin) should be removed".
Rahman is married to Shahnaj Parvin.[12] They have three children.