Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury

**Dokta Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury** tsohon mai ba da shawara ne a harkokin kasashen waje na Bangladesh (2007-2009), , mukamin da ya rike bayan ya shafe tsawon lokaci yana aikin diflomasiyya da aikin gwamnati, wanda ya fara a Pakistan a shekarar 1969, daga nan ya koma Bangladesh bayan da al'ummar kasar suka sami 'yancin kai a shekarar 1971..

Gudummawar Chowdhury a matsayin jami'in diflomasiyya na duniya ta amince da ita ta Majalisar Birnin New York; an kira shi "Daya daga cikin Shugabannin diflomasiyyar Duniya". An kuma ba shi lambar yabo ta Knighthood na Order of St. Gregory the Great ta Paparoma John Paul na Biyu . 

## Ilimi
Chowdhury ya sami MA da Ph.D., duka a cikin Harkokin Kasashen Duniya a Jami'ar Kasa ta Australiya da ke Canberra,  bayan ya tsaya na farko a aji na farko a cikin girmamawar Kimiyya ta Siyasa a Jami'in Dhaka. 

## Ayyuka
A lokacin da Bangladesh ta sami 'yancin kai, ya tsaya na farko a Gabashin Pakistan a lokacin a jarrabawar Babban Jami'in Jama'a, kuma ya shiga Ma'aikatan Jama'a na Pakistan (CSP) a shekarar 1969.  Ya sami horo a Kwalejin Ma'aikatan Jama'a a Lahore kuma ya fara aikinsa na gudanarwa a matsayin mataimakin kwamishinan (probationer) a Abbottabad, a Arewa maso Yammacin Pakistan (Khaybar Pakhtunkhwa na yau).

Ayyukan diflomasiyya na Chowdhury ya kai shi Bonn, Doha, Geneva, da New York. A lokacin da ya daɗe a matsayin Jakada a Ƙungiyar Ciniki ta Duniya (WTO) da Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UN), ya kasance shugaban Majalisar WTO kan Binciken Manufofin Ciniki,  Ya sami horon sa a Kwalejin Ma'aikata a Lahore kuma ya fara aikin gudanarwa a matsayin mataimakin kwamishina (ma'aikacin gwaji) a Abbottabad, a yankin Arewa maso Yamma na Pakistan (Kaybar Pakhtunkhwa na yau).

Bayan da aka tura shi zuwa Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a shekara ta 2000, an nada Chowdhury a matsayin mai ba da shawara na musamman ga Sakatare Janar na Taron Majalisar Dinkinobho kan Ciniki da Ci gaba (UNCTAD) a hedkwatarsa a Geneva. A wannan matsayin ya taimaka wa Sakatare Janar Rubens Ricupero wajen shirya taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Uku kan Kasashe masu Ƙananan Ci gaba wanda ya faru a Brussels a wannan shekarar. An nada shi shugaban Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta Biyu (Kwamitin Tattalin Arziki) a shekara ta 2003.  An danganta shi da tsarin sake fasali  na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a matsayin mai gudanarwa wanda shugaban Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ya nada. Shi ne kuma ke da alhakin gudanar da shawarwari kan sakin layi kan ka'idodin alhakin kare a cikin "Takardar Sakamako" kan sauye-sauyen Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da shugabannin duniya suka amince a 2005.

Lokacin da, bayan rikicin siyasa a Bangladesh, an kafa gwamnatin wucin gadi a watan Janairun 2007, an rantsar da Iftekhar Chowdhury a matsayin ministan harkokin waje a cikin majalisar Fakhruddin Ahmed.  An kuma sanya shi a matsayin mai kula da ƙarin ma'aikatu guda biyu, Ayyukan Kasashen Waje da Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs . 

A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 2008, an yi flare-up tare da Myanmar a Bay of Bengal . Kwamitin majalisa, wanda Chowdhury ke jagoranta, ya yanke shawara mai karfi don aika da rundunar sojan ruwa ta jiragen yaki guda huɗu, wanda ya tilasta Myanmar ta janye jiragenta biyu daga cikin ruwan da ake jayayya, ta kawo karshen tsayawar kwana huɗu wanda kusan ya kawo maƙwabta biyu cikin mummunar rikici. Ya tashi zuwa Myanmar jim kadan bayan haka don tattauna batun.

### Ayyuka bayan Gwamnati
Bayan canjin gwamnati a shekara ta 2009, Chowdhury ya fara aiki a fannin kimiyya. Ya shiga Cibiyar Nazarin Kudancin Asiya (ISAS) a Jami'ar Kasa ta Singapore (NUS)  a matsayin babban abokin bincike, inda ya kasance har zuwa 2020, sannan ya zama Mai Girma. Ya kuma koyar a Makarantar Nazarin Kasa da Kasa ta Rajaratnam (RSIS) a Jami'ar Fasaha ta Nanyang (NTU), da kuma Makarantar Manufofin Jama'a ta Lee Kuan Yew a Singapore.

Chowdhury yana cikin kwamitin ba da shawara na Cibiyar Duniya ta New York kan Tsaro ta hadin gwiwa .  Ya kasance yana halartar zaman Astana Club, ƙungiyar fitattun shugabannin duniya da Shugaba Nursultan Nazarbayev na Kazakhstan ke shirya a kowace shekara, da kuma taron zaman lafiya na duniya da ke Beijing.

A watan Oktoba 2020, ya shiga kamfanoni masu zaman kansu, lokacin da ya ɗauki matsayin babban mai ba da shawara na rukuni na Meinhardt International, wani injiniya da kuma tsara kamfanoni masu yawa da ke da hedikwata a Singapore. Shi memba ne na Ƙungiyar Tsoffin Jakadun BCS (FA).

## Rayuwa
Babban ɗan'uwan Chowdhurys Faruq Ahmed Choudhury sakataren kasashen waje ne, ɗan'uwansa na biyu Enam Ahmed Choud hury sakatare ne, kuma wani ɗan'uwa tsohon jakadan Masum Ahmed Choud Hury ne. Wani suruki (mai gwagwarmayar 'yanci Lieutenant Colonel Syed Abdul Hai) yana daya daga cikin manyan jami'an Sojojin Bangladesh da aka kashe a lokacin Yakin 'Yanci na Bangladesh . Ƙaramar 'yar'uwarsa, Nina Ahmed, ta auri Fakhruddin Ahmed, tsohon babban mai ba da shawara ga gwamnatin mai kulawa ta 2007-08.