Morshed Khan

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Morshed Khan (Bangla: মোরশেদ খান) (born August 8, 1940 in Chittagong) is the current foreign minister of Bangladesh, a post he has held since October 2001. Prior to entering politics, Khan was one of the most successful businessmen in Bangladesh. His many assets and holdings in Bangladesh include Citycell, Pacific Motors and Arab Bangladesh Bank.

Morshed Khan studied engineering at the Tokyo University of Technology and Agriculture, and graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering. Following that, he received his post-graduate diploma from Sofia University, Japan. After his return to Bangladesh, he established several industries. He became active in politics first as the chairman to the Committee of Foreign Affairs and then as a special envoy to the Prime minister of Bangladesh, during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led government between 1991-1996. He has served several terms in the Jatiyo Sangshad, the national parliament of Bangladesh. Since October 2001, he has been serving as the Foreign Minister in the Cabinet.

He is married and has 4 daughters (Samina, Faria, Marium, Shazreh) and 1 son (Faisal Morshed Khan). He also has 5 grandsons, 2 granddaughters.