Anwar Choudhury

Anwar Bakht Choudhury (; born 15 June 1959) is a British diplomat

Education Choudhury followed an unusual route into the Diplomatic Service; in 1985, he attained a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Salford. He worked at Siemens Plessey, before entering the Civil Service as an engineering strategist with the Royal Air Force. In 1995, he graduated with a Master of Business Administration from Durham University.

Career Choudhury was promoted through the Ministry of Defence until 2000, when he was recruited by the Cabinet Office, before being headhunted for the position of High Commissioner to Bangladesh. He was sworn in as Governor of the Cayman Islands on 26 March 2018.

Grenade attack

On 21 May 2004, Choudhury was targeted in a failed grenade attack, in which he was wounded and two bystanders were killed. The attempted assassination came as he was leaving the Dargah-e-Shah Jalal mosque in Sylhet Division, his home province, following Jumu'ah (Friday prayers). In December 2008, three attackers were sentenced to death and two others to life in prison for the attack.

Recall to London Choudhury was recalled to London in June 2018 after unsubstantiated allegations of misconduct. On 20 September 2018 it was announced that he would not be returning to the Cayman Islands despite no criminal actions being found to have been committed Choudhury, widespread popularity, and petitions to reinstate him being circulated by local government officials.

Personal life Choudhury is a Muslim.