Nasim Ferdous

Nasim Ferdous is a former Bangladeshi career diplomat.^[3] She joined the foreign service in 1977. She is the first woman to enter in foreign service in Bangladesh.^[4] She was also ambassador to Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Cyprus, and Egypt.^[5]

Her Excellency Nasim Ferdous
নাসিম ফেরদৌস
Ambassador for the People's Republic of Bangladesh to the Indonesia
In office 2002[1]–2006
Personal details
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	University of Dhaka (MA) Vrije Universiteit Brussel (LLM) Harvard Kennedy School (MPA)[2]
Profession	Diplomat

Career

Ferdous became the first woman to join the Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1977.^[6]

She served as an ambassador to Indonesia from 2002 to 2006. She retired from the service in 2008.

She is also an executive director of Bangladesh Alliance for Women Leadership (BDAWL)^[7] and chairperson of the Home Economics Association.^[8]