Mufleh R. Osmany

Mufleh R. Osmany (Bengali: মুফলেহ আর ওসমানী) is a former foreign secretary of Bangladesh and diplomat.^[1] He is the president of Anjuman Mufidul Islam.^[2] He is a former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office in Geneva.^[3] He is a former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada.^[3] His cousin, Muhammad Ataul Ghani Osmani, was the first chief of staff of the Bangladesh Army.^[4]

Career

Osmany served as the principal of the Foreign Service Academy from 1983 to 1984.^[5]

Osmany served as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations and other Offices in Geneva in 1991 and 1992.^[6][7]

From 13 December 1993 to 9 February 1995, Osmany served as the foreign secretary of Bangladesh in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[8]

In 2006, Osmany edited Religious militancy and security in South Asia with Shaheen Afroze.^[9] He was the chairman of the board of governors of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies from 2003 to 2008.^[10][11][12] He wrote Global War on Terror: Bangladesh Perspective with Mohammad Humayun Kabir in 2007.^[13]

In 2008, Osmany edited the Whither national security, Bangladesh while working at Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies.^[14] He also published Democracy, Governance, and Security Reforms in 2008.^[15]

Osmany is an advisor of Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute.^[16] He is a professor and the Dr. Rashid Chair at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.^[3] He is a member of Gulshan Society.^[17]