Abul Ahsan stood first in the Civil and Foreign Services examination of Pakistan and joined the Foreign Service in 1961 and held several diplomatic positions.
11 Facts About Abul Ahsan
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Abul Ahsan completed his secondary school certificate from Noakhali Zilla School.
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Abul Ahsan served as the country's Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador to Poland, Italy, Pakistan and the United States.
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Abul Ahsan was the first secretary-general of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation as well as Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh.
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Abul Ahsan was one of the 15 members of the Council of Eminent Persons established by the Summit meeting of the Organization of Islamic Countries in 1994 to report on the working of the specialized bodies of the organization.
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Abul Ahsan served as vice-president at the Independent University Bangladesh.
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Abul Ahsan was chairperson of the Fair Election Monitoring Alliance and was involved in governance and election-related activities for several years, and held the position of President of Center for Democracy a citizen's organization devoted to the promotion of good governance and democracy.
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Abul Ahsan represented Bangladesh at a large number of meetings and conferences including UN General Assembly and Security Council Sessions, Summit and Ministerial level meetings of the Commonwealth, the Non-aligned Movement and the Organization of Islamic Conference.
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Abul Ahsan is the author of the book SAARC: A Perspective and jointly edited two publications by Independent University Bangladesh entitled Education in a Rapidly Changing World: Focus on Bangladesh and Indigenous Peoples of Bangladesh.
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Abul Ahsan co-chaired a study conducted by the Asia Foundation which was published in 2004 under the title America's role in Asia.
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Abul Ahsan died on 7 December 2008 after going into cardiac arrest.