- Anwar Choudhury
Anwar Choudhury ( _bn. আনোয়ার চৌধুরী) (born 1959) is a British
diplomat . He was aHigh Commissioner toBangladesh , and was the first British Head of Mission to be of Bengali origin. Although born inSylhet , in north-eastern Bangladesh, he is a naturalised British citizen; Choudhury has dismissed suggestions of a conflict of loyalty, stating that he would support theEnglish cricket team against Bangladesh (see: "Cricket test "). [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2003%2F12%2F15%2Fndhaka15.xml "Bangladeshi-born Briton for Dhaka"] . Amit Roy, "The Daily Telegraph", 15 December 2003. Accessed 22 June 2006.]Biography
Choudhury's family moved from
Bangladesh to theUnited Kingdom when he was young. He followed an unusual route to the Diplomatic Service; he attained a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from theUniversity of Salford in 1985. Choudhury worked atSiemens Plessey , before entering thecivil service as an engineering strategist with the RAF. He graduated with an MBA fromDurham University in 1995. [ [http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/EthnicMinoritiesinBritain%5B2%5D,0.pdf "Ethnic Minorities in Britain"] . Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Accessed 22 June 2006.] He was promoted through the Ministry of Defence, until 2000, when he was recruited by theCabinet Office , before being headhunted for the position as High Commissioner to Bangladesh.On
21 May 2004 , he was targeted in a failedgrenade attack, in which he was wounded and two bystanders were killed. The attempted assassination came as he was leavingFriday prayers . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3735103.stm "UK envoy hurt in Bangladesh blast"] . "BBC", 21 May 2004. Accessed 22 June 2006.]References
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