Muhammad Abdul Muhith

Muhammad Abdul Muhith is a Bangladeshi diplomat. He served as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations (UN) in New York from July 2022 to 13 January 2025. He previously served in numerous posts for the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a diplomat.He has been serving as the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the United Kingdom since August 2026.

Early life Muhith completed a BSS and MSS in Sociology from the University of Dhaka.

Career Muhith served in various Bangladesh missions, including as second secretary at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Kuwait, first secretary at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Rome, counsellor at the Doha Embassy of Bangladesh, and counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh in New York. Then, he joined as the first Ambassador of Bangladesh to Denmark with concurrent accreditation to Estonia and Iceland until 2020. He then served as the Bangladesh ambassador to Austria with concurrent accreditation as ambassador to Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia. He was elected President of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA, and UNOPS for 2024.

As representative, he has expressed concern about the atrocities and the death toll during the Gaza war, and called for an immediate ceasefire and welcomed the ruling of the International Court of Justice.