Humaiun Kobir

Humaiun Kobir is a Bangladeshi politician and former British civil servant who has been serving as the minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh since 2026. Humaiun worked in various departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, including within the Cabinet Office, Ministry of Justice, Mayor of London.

Birth & education Kabir was born in Osmani Nagar Upazila, Sylhet. He moved to United Kingdom during his childhood. He earned a bachelor's degree with honors in International Relations from University of Sussex. Later he obtained three separate master's degrees from London School of Economics, University of Cambridge and Leeds Law School.

Career He worked as a strategy adviser in the office of Mayor of London. He later served as a cabinet adviser at office of the Executive Mayor of Lewisham.

He worked in British government, first in a team within the Cabinet Office under Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Later, under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, he served as a private secretary to several cabinet ministers and special advisers at Ministry of Justice and the Wales Office.

Political career Kabir was an adviser to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on foreign affairs, disaster management and relief and civil aviation and tourism, with the rank of a state minister.

He returned to Bangladesh and became active in politics after the fall of Awami League government on 5 August 2024. Before returning to Bangladesh, he worked from London on Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)'s international strategy and diplomatic relations.

On 22 October 2025, he was appointed Joint Secretary General (International Affairs) of BNP. He was a BNP nomination aspirant for the Sylhet-2 constituency, which covers Bishwanath and Osmani Nagar in 12th general election.