Supradip Chakma

Supradip Chakma
সুপ্রদীপ চাকমা
Adviser for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 August 2024
Chief Adviser	Muhammad Yunus
Preceded by	Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing
Personal details
Born	1961 Khagrachhari, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	University of Dhaka
Profession	Diplomat

Supradip Chakma (born 1961) is an advisor to the Bangladesh interim government.^[1] Chakma was born in 1961 in what is now Khagrachhari District (then in East Pakistan). He studied marketing at Dhaka University.^[2]

Career

He joined the foreign affairs cadre of the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1985. He was ambassador to Vietnam until 2014, when he was made ambassador to Mexico.^[3]

On 11 August 2024, Supradip and Bidhan Ranjan Roy took oath as the advisers of the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered their oath in the Durbar Hall of Bangabhaban.^[4] Hailing from the Chakma minority of the country, he is the only non-Bengali & the lone Buddhist member in the interim government.

References

1. "Yunus sworn in as head of interim government". The Daily Star. 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
2. "Read the profiles of the advisors to the interim government". The Business Standard. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
3. "Supradip new envoy to Mexico". The Daily Star. 4 November 2014.
4. "Two advisers take oath". Dhaka Tribune. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.