Native name রেজাউল করিম Occupation diplomat | Nationality Bangladeshi | |
Full Name Mir Mohammed Rezaul Karim Born c. 1935 Mirzanagar village, Mirpur Upazila, Kushtia, Bengal Presidency, British India Died 29 October 2005, Cairo, Egypt | ||
Mir Mohammed Rezaul Karim (c. 1935 – 29 October 2005) was a Bangladeshi diplomat.
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Education and career
Karim earned his bachelor's in economics from the University of Dhaka, master's in public administration from Karachi University, another master's from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
During the 1971 Liberation War, Karim was posted as First Secretary in London at the Pakistan High Commission. He served as the Deputy High Commissionerwent to India in the late 1970s. He went on to serve as the ambassador to China, Iraq, Iran, and Russia, and high commissioner to Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom. He retired from the foreign service in 1992.
Karim served as an adviser of Bangladesh National Party chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Personal life
Karim was married to Salma. Together they had two children, Shahed and Seema.