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Supradip Chakma
Bangladeshi political adviser From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Supradip Chakma (Chakma: 𑄥𑄪𑄛𑄴𑄘𑄨𑄛𑄴 𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟; Bengali: সুপ্রদীপ চাকমা; born 1961) is an adviser to the Interim government of Bangladesh.[1] Chakma was born in 1961 in what is now Khagrachhari District (then in East Pakistan). He studied marketing at Dhaka University.[2]
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Early life
Supradip Chakma was born in the Khagrachari Hill District.[3] He completed his SSC from Khagrachari in 1977, HSC in 1979, and obtained his bachelor's degree in Marketing from the University of Dhaka in 1982, followed by a master's degree in 1983.[4]
He is married to Nandita Chakma and they have two children.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6] Hailing from the Chakma minority of the country, he is the only non-Bengali & the Buddhist member in the Interim government.
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