1. Anwar Bakht Choudhury is a British diplomat of Bangladeshi origin.
12 Facts About Anwar Choudhury
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Anwar Choudhury was born on 15 June 1959, to a Bengali Muslim family in East Pakistan.
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Anwar Choudhury's family is originally from the village of Prabhakarpur, Patli Union, Jagannathpur, Sunamganj, and moved to the United Kingdom when he was young.
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Anwar Choudhury followed an unusual route into the Diplomatic Service; in 1985, he attained a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Salford.
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Anwar Choudhury worked at Siemens Plessey, before entering the Civil Service as an engineering strategist with the Royal Air Force.
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Anwar Choudhury was promoted through the Ministry of Defence until 2000, when he was recruited by the Cabinet Office, before being headhunted for the position of High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
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Anwar Choudhury was sworn in as Governor of the Cayman Islands on 26 March 2018.
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On 21 May 2004, Anwar Choudhury was targeted in a failed grenade attack, in which he was wounded and two bystanders were killed.
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Anwar Choudhury was recalled to London in June 2018 after unsubstantiated allegations of misconduct.
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Anwar Choudhury is passionate about community integration and protection of the UK abroad.
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Anwar Choudhury is married to Momina Choudhury and has three daughters.
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Anwar Choudhury has dismissed suggestions of a conflict of loyalty, stating that he would support the English cricket team against the one in Bangladesh.