H.E. Faiyaz Murshid Kazi

Ambassador, Embassy of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in Bangkok

Mr. Faiyaz Murshid Kazi has been appointed as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Kingdom of Thailand with concurrent accreditation to the Kingdom of Cambodia. He will also serve as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP).

Mr. Kazi is a career diplomat belonging to the 20th batch of the Bangladesh Foreign Service. In last more than three years, he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Director General in charge of UN and European affairs, among others.

Previously, Mr. Kazi had served in the Bangladesh Missions in Beijing, Geneva, New York and Brussels. He also had a brief stint as the Deputy Permanent Representative at the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the UN Offices and other international organisations in Geneva. Over the years, he participated in many multilateral negotiations as part of the Bangladesh delegation.

Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Kazi served as an Assistant Commissioner and Magistrate in Chattogram as a member of the Bangladesh Administration Service. He also had experience of working as an Account Executive at a local advertising and marketing agency.

Mr. Kazi did his Masters in English literature from Dhaka University, and holds a diploma in International Relations from the erstwhile Ecole Nationale d’Administration in Paris, France.