External Affairs Minister and Foreign Minister of Bangladesh Dr. Dipu Moni exchanging the signed MoU on Establishment of India-Bangladesh.
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Dipu Moni
Bangladeshi politician and the former Social Welfare Minister of Bangladesh
Dipu Moni (born 8 December 1965)[1] is a Bangladeshi politician and former minister of social welfare.
She was a member of parliament for the Chandpur-3 constituency.[2] She was minister of education in the fourth Hasina ministry and minister of foreign affairs in the second Hasina ministry. She was appointed as the first female foreign minister of Bangladesh on 6 January 2009, serving until 2013.
Currently she is Joint secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League.[3]
Early life
Dipu Moni was born on 8 December 1965[1] in the village of Kamranga in Chandpur, Comilla district, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).[citation needed] Her father, Mohammad Abdul Wadud, was a founding member of the Awami League and known especially for his role in the Language Movement and as the first Council-elected General Secretary of the East Pakistan Chhatra League