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Miah Md Mainul Kabir
High Commissioner,
Mr. Miah Md Mainul Kabir joined Bangladesh High Commission to Nigeria as High Commissioner on 29 July 2025. He presented his letter of credence, appointing him as the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Nigeria to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, on 04 December 2025.
A career diplomat Mr. Kabir joined Bangladesh Civil Service (Foreign Affairs) as Assistant Secretary in 2003. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he worked in diverse capacities dealing with Bangladesh’s relationship in multilateral forum, multilateral economic affairs, bilateral affairs with the South and North American, and South Asia and Southeast Asian countries and also in the Protocol Wing.
Besides headquarters, Mr. Kabir earlier served in different diplomatic ranks in Bangladesh Missions in Seoul, South Korea (from 2005 to 2008); Rome, Italy (from 2008 to 2012), Kolkata, India (from 2013 to 2018), Ottawa, Canada (from 2018 to 2021) and in Jeddah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the Consul General from August 2024 to July 2025.
Prior to joining Foreign Service, Miah Md Mainul Kabir worked in the Information Cadre of Bangladesh Civil Service from 1999 till 2003. In earlier roles he had served as Assistant Director under the Ministry of Defense, Bangladesh during 1997 to 1999, Development Officer at the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (DAB), Dhaka during 1996 to1997 and as Lecturer in English at a Higher Secondary Educational Institute in Dhaka in 1996.
He studied English Language and Literature both at the Graduate (with honours) and Postgraduate levels at the University of Dhaka of Bangladesh. Miah Md Mainul Kabir and his spouse Ms. Nadira Haque are blessed with two sons Muztavi Mansiv Kabir and Masroor Mahin Kabir. His hobbies include reading and sports.