Sitwat Nayeem
Sitwat Nayeem | |
|---|---|
সিতওয়াত নাঈম | |
| Ambassador of Bangladesh to Ethiopia | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2025 | |
| President | Mohammed Shahabuddin |
| Prime Minister | Muhammad Yunus (Chief Adviser of Bangladesh) |
| Preceded by | Sikder Bodiruzzaman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joypurhat |
| Spouse | Jobaida Khanam |
| Relatives | Shafeenul Islam (brother) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Bangladesh |
| Branch/service |  Bangladesh Air Force |
| Rank | Air Vice-Marshal |
Air Vice Marshal Sitwat Nayeem is a two star air officer of the Bangladesh Air Force.[1] He has been the ambassador of Bangladesh to Ethiopia since July 2025.[2]
Career
Sitwat Nayeem graduated from Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) and earned a master's in military studies from National University, Bangladesh.[1] He got his second staff course from Air Force Command College (AFCC), Beijing, China, and air war college course from Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, United States, and a master's in strategic studies.[1] He is then graduated from National Defence College, Dhaka and achieved masters on social science in security and development from Bangladesh University of Professionals.[1]
On 29 December 1991, Nayeem was commissioned in the Bangladesh Air Force in the General Duties (Pilot) branch.[1]
Nayeem served two years in MONUSCO, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] He served as chief waste management officer of Dhaka South City Corporation.[3][4]
Nayeem served as the director of the Cyber Warfare and Information Technology Directorate at Air Headquarters in Dhaka until 2025.[1]
Personal life
Nayeem is married to Jobaida Khanam and has two sons.[1] Nayeem's father, Colonel Md Nurul Islam, an Army Medical Corps officer, served in the Bangladesh Army for 33 years before retiring in 1994. His brother, Mohammad Shafeenul Islam, is a retired major general in the Bangladesh Army and former Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh. His sister is Shahneela Islam.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "The Ambassador". Bangladesh National Portal. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
- ↑ "Roll of Honour". addisababa.mofa.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 2025-01-19. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
- ↑ "Romania expresses interest to import manpower from Bangladesh". New Age. BSS. 13 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
- ↑ "Notre Dame College student death: DSCC forms probe committee". The Daily Star. 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2025-11-15.