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There have been 12 democratically elected holders of the office of Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). [1] Bangladesh held the first summit in Dhaka, where the Bangladeshi diplomat, Abul Ahsan was elected its first Secretary-General. Since then, 11 more General Secretaries have been selected from ...
Md. Golam Sarwar is a Bangladesh diplomat and secretary general of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. [1] He is the former high commissioner of Bangladesh to Malaysia. [2] He is the former ambassador of Bangladesh to Oman. [3]
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of states in South Asia. Its member states are Afghanistan , Bangladesh , Bhutan , India , Maldives , Nepal , Pakistan , and Sri Lanka .
Esala Ruwan Weerakoon is a Sri Lankan diplomat who was the SAARC Secretary General, in office since March 2020 to October 2023. [1] [2] He served as permanent secretary to the Ministry of Tourism Development and permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India and ambassador to Norway.
Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed (Dhivehi: ފާތިމަތު ދިޔާނާ ސައީދު; born 22 November 1974 [citation needed]) is a Maldivian diplomat who served as the Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). She was the first woman to hold this post since the organization's inception in 1985.
The second summit was held in November 17–18 Bangalore, India in 1986. The Heads of State or Government welcomed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of the SAARC Secretariat by the Council of Ministers and their decision to locate the Secretariat in Kathmandu and appoint Ambassador Abul Ahsan of Bangladesh as the first Secretary-General of south Asian ...
On 1 March 2017, he replaced Arjun Bahadur Thapa and assumed the office of SAARC Secretary General. [2] Before becoming SAARC Secretary General, he was special secretary at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [4] He had served as the ambassador to Tajikistan from 2011 to 2014 and permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations. [1]
Pages in category "Secretaries general of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .