Supradip Chakma Explained

Supradip Chakma
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:Advisor for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs to the Interim Government of Bangladesh
Term Start:11 August 2024
President:Mohammed Shahabuddin
Predecessor:Post established
Birth Date:1961
Birth Place:Khagrachhari, East Pakistan, Pakistan

Supradip Chakma (born 1961) is an advisor to the Bangladesh interim government.[1] Chakma was born in 1961 in what is now Khagrachhari District (then in East Pakistan). He studied marketing at Dhaka University.[2]

Career

He joined the foreign affairs cadre of the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1985. He was ambassador to Vietnam until 2014, when he was made ambassador to Mexico.[3]

On 11 August 2024, Supradip and Bidhan Ranjan Roy took oath as the advisers of the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered their oath in the Durbar Hall of Bangabhaban.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: 2024-08-08 . Yunus sworn in as head of interim government . 2024-08-08 . The Daily Star . en.
  2. News: 9 August 2024 . Read the profiles of the advisors to the interim government . 14 August 2024 . The Business Standard.
  3. News: Supradip new envoy to Mexico . The Daily Star . 4 November 2014.
  4. News: 11 August 2024 . Two advisers take oath . 14 August 2024 . Dhaka Tribune.