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Farooq Sobhan was born on 17 September, 1940 in Calcutta, British India (now India), is a Bangladeshi diplomat. Discover Farooq Sobhan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 17 September, 1940
Birthday 17 September
Birthplace Calcutta, British India (now India)
Nationality India

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1940

Farooq Sobhan (born 17 September 1940) is a former Bangladeshi diplomat.

He served in various capacities in the Bangladesh government and foreign service.

Sobhan was born in 1940 in Calcutta during British rule into an aristocratic Bengali Muslim family of Khandakars.

He did his schooling in St. Paul's School, Darjeeling.

He attended the University of Dhaka and the University of Oxford before joining the Foreign Service of Pakistan.

He is also the younger brother of Rehman Sobhan, an economist.

He also served as the chairman of the Board of Investment in with rank and status of a State Minister.

As of 2022, Sobhan is the president of the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute, a private think-tank in the country that focuses on private sector development.

1982

He served as chairman of the Group of 77 at the UN 1982–1983, and was chairman, UN Commission on TNCs (transnational corporations) from 1991 to 1992.

1987

He was Bangladesh's Ambassador to the People's Republic of China (1987–1990) and High Commissioner to Malaysia (1984–1987) and the Republic of India (1992–1995) as well as the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh (1995–1997).

1989

The result of the vote (which remains secret), is said to have been thirty-six votes for McKinnon to sixteen for Sobhan, although, continuing the pattern set for Chief Emeka Anyaoku at the 1989 CHOGM, the result was announced as 'unanimous'.

1994

He is a member of the Board of Governors of the South Asia Centre for Policy Studies, based in Kathmandu and was co-chairman of the Coalition for South Asian Co- operation from 1994 to 2001.

1997

Sobhan was executive chairman, Board of Investment and special envoy to the Prime Minister from 1997 to 1999.

1999

Sobhan was the principal challenger for Commonwealth Secretary-General when Don McKinnon was elected at the 1999 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

He stood on a platform of changing the emphasis of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group from infringements on the Commonwealth's democratic principles to 'any economic or environmental crisis'.

2003

Sobhan was a visiting professor at the Elliott School for International Affairs at George Washington University in 2003, where he taught a post-graduate course on South Asia.

2006

He is the chairman of an advisory committee on counter terrorism established in 2006, which includes senior officials of the government.

Sobhan's publications include a book entitled Opportunities for South-South Co-operation and as co-author, Shaping South Asia’s Future: Role of Regional Co-operation.

2007

He is the chairman of the board of trustees of the independent CSR Centre, an organization focused on corporate social responsibility, established in Dhaka in September 2007.