Dhaka, Oct 3 (bdnews24.com) – The government has appointed retired Major General John Gomes as the new Bangladesh Ambassador to the Philippines.
He was commissioned in the Bangladesh Army as an infantry officer in 1977 and retired as a Major General in 2008.
A graduate from the Defence Service Command and Staff College, Mirpur, he did his Masters in Defence Studies and MBA from the University of Honolulu, USA.
He participated in the UN Peace Keeping Mission in Tajikistan as the Operation Officer and Team Leader of the Bangladesh Group of Observers. In this capacity, he was associated with international agencies like UNICEF, UNCHR, WFP, WHO, UNDP, World Vision, CARE, etc.
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