Tabarak Husain was a former Bangladeshi career diplomat.
15 Facts About Tabarak Husain
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Tabarak Husain was foreign secretary of Bangladesh from 1975 to 1978.
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Tabarak Husain held the position of chairman of Sadharan Bima Corporation and Grameen Bank.
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Tabarak Husain then obtained his postgraduate degree in International Relations from London School of Economics, United Kingdom in 1949.
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Tabarak Husain joined the Pakistan Foreign Service as a member of the first regular batch in 1949.
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Tabarak Husain served in different positions in the Pakistan diplomatic missions in India, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and Thailand.
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Tabarak Husain was acting high commissioner of Pakistan in New Delhi from 1961 to 1964.
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Tabarak Husain was appointed as ambassador to Algeria in 1971 but due to Independence movement of Bangladesh, he was detained in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Tabarak Husain accompanied Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on a state delegation to Peking in November 1971.
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Tabarak Husain served as Foreign Secretary, of Government of Bangladesh from 15 November 1975 to 6 September 1978.
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Tabarak Husain visited Moscow twice in November 1975 and 1976 as a single member delegation to discuss bilateral issues.
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Tabarak Husain signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty for Bangladesh on 5 October 1979.
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Tabarak Husain authored Serving the Nation: Reflections of Bangladesh Diplomats, a compilation of the memoirs of 43 career diplomats.
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Tabarak Husain was awarded the Sitara-i-Khidmat honor by Pakistan in 1968.
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Tabarak Husain died at the age of 94 at his sleep on 29 April 2018 in Rockville near Washington, DC.