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K M Mozibul Hoque becomes President, and Shams Mahmud, Secretary-General, of Consular Corps in Bangladesh (CCB), while Neaz Ahmed, Honorary Consul of New Zealand is appointed as Vice President, and the Honorary Consul of Republic of Seychelles as Treasurer.
The 10th AGM of CCB that was held at a local hotel in Gulshan recently endorsed and announced an 11-member executive committee for the period of 2018-19, says a press release.
Other members include the Immediate Past President, Kazi Shamsul Haque, Honorary Consul General of Kyrgyz Republic, Md. Amiruzzaman, Honorary Consul of Republic of Uganda, Abul Hossain, Honorary Consul of the Philippines in Chattogram, Mohammed Abdul Awwal, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Gambia, Kazi Khurram Ahmed, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Korea in Gazipur, Mohammed Mohsin, Honorary Consul of the Republic of South Africa, Solaiman Alam Seth, and Honorary Consul of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Mohammed Taneem Hasan. Executive Committee Members have been elected into their positions, forming the new committee of CCB (2018-2019).
Incoming President, K M Mozibul Hoque is serving as the Honorary Consul General of Yemen for the territory of Bangladesh. He is an entrepreneur by profession, chairing Shah Group and Total Air Services Limited. He has been recognized as a Commercially Important Person (CIP) by the Ministry of Industry (1989-2000). Mr. Hoque worked as the regional director of FER (UN Peace Program) in 1986 and was also elected as the National President of Bangladesh Junior Chamber (BJC) in 1991. Subsequently, he was also elected as the World Vice President of Junior Chamber International (JCI) for the year 1993 at the XL, VII JCI World Congress held in Miami, with assignments to CIS and Eastern European countries. He is one of the founder members of the University of Asia Pacific and also the founder member of Kazi Noman Ahmed Degree College.
Shams Mahmud, Secretary General of CCB, is serving as the Honorary Consul of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in Bangladesh. He is the Managing Director of Shasha Denims Ltd. Shasha Garments Ltd. He is also a Director of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association, Bangladesh-Philippines Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Dutch Bangla Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
