Salahuddin Noman Chowdhary

Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi diplomat currently serving as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. He previously held the position of Ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal from 2020 until December 2024. He also served as Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India from 2014 to 2017 and as Deputy Ambassador of Bangladesh to China in Beijing from 2017 to 2020.

Early life Chowdhury was born on 29 August 1969 in Dhaka, East Pakistan, Pakistan. (present day Dhaka, Bangladesh) He did his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1993. In May 2017, he was transferred from India to China as Deputy Ambassador.

Chowdhury was the director general of administration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2020. During his tenure an agreement on trading power was signed between Bangladesh and Nepal. He oversaw the participation of Bangladesh in the Nepal trade fair. He signed an agreement for Bangladesh to build a Buddhist temple in Nepal. He oversaw the repatriation of a Bangladeshi woman, Ameena Khatun, from Sunsari District of Nepal. Khatun has been missing from 22 years. She was identified and repatriated with the help of Bengali speakers in Sunsari District and officials of National Security Intelligence personnel in Bogra District.