- C. M. Shafi Sami
CM Shafi Sami ( _bn. সি এম শফি সামি) a
Bangladeshi diplomat. He was selected as an adviser of thecaretaker government of Bangladesh under PresidentIajuddin Ahmed and resigned after a series of disagreement with him. Three other advisers also accompanied him with this resignation. His actions and that of the three other advisers sparked the fall of the caretaker government and the ensuing crackdown on corruption.Early life
Sami passed his matriculation from
Jamalpur Government College . He also got his I.Sc. fromSylhet MC College . He got admitted into the physics department ofDhaka University in 1957. In 1962 he received first class on honors and achieved the same feat one year later in masters. He joinedPakistan Civil Service in 1966. Prior to that he also worked at thePakistan Atomic Energy Commission andPakistan Engineering University for a while.Professional career
Sami was the chief coordinator of the first
SAARC summit and was selected the deputy general secretary of the summit. He also worked at the Bangladesh embassy in Kairo and as the Charge-de-affairs in Paris.He also worked in theUNESCO as a (upostayei protinidhi)Shafi Sami became the Bangladeshi High Commissioner ofIndia in 1995 and remained there till 1999. During this time he played an important part in signing the Ganges Water Distribution Agreement andChittagong Hill Tracks Peace Agreement.After that he served as the foreign secretary till 2001. During the caretaker government of 2001 he became the chief foreign secretary. Besides he was a member of the International Civil Service Commission ofUnited Nations . He also lead Bangladeshi correspondents in UN, NAM, OIC and other international conferences.Notes
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