Humayun Kabir
Technocrat state minister · Not an MP
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Humayun Kabir is State Minister for Foreign Affairs, appointed under the technocrat quota; he took the oath at Bangabhaban on 21 August 2026. Before that, from 17 February, he was Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's Adviser on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief and the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, with the rank of a State Minister. Since 22 October 2025 he has been the BNP's joint secretary general for international affairs. He is not a member of parliament.
He was born on 2 October 1977 in Habashpur village, Umarpur union, Osmaninagar upazila, Sylhet. He moved to the United Kingdom as a child and was educated there. After taking a bachelor's (Honours) degree in international relations at the University of Sussex, he obtained three separate master's degrees from the London School of Economics, the University of Cambridge and Leeds Law School.
In the United Kingdom he worked as a strategy adviser in the Mayor of London's office and as a cabinet adviser in the office of the Executive Mayor of Lewisham. In the British government he served as a private secretary and special adviser in the Cabinet Office under Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and in the Ministry of Justice and the Wales Office under Rishi Sunak.
In the BNP he was a member of the advisory council of Tarique Rahman, then acting chairman, and his foreign affairs adviser. His responsibilities as State Minister were set on 23 August: political and diplomatic communication in bilateral relations, multilateral relations and United Nations affairs, and the interests of expatriate Bangladeshis. Shama Obaed Islam is also a State Minister in the same ministry; in the ministry's documents she is State Minister for Foreign Affairs-1.
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Sources: Wikipedia (Bangla), Wikipedia (English), ittefaq.com.bd, dailyinqilab.com, tbsnews.net, mofa.gov.bd; the list of responsibilities is the Cabinet Division’s. Checked up to 17 September 2026. If you see a mistake, let us know.