Nahida Sobhan

Nahida Sobhan
নাহিদা সোবহান
Ambassador of Bangladesh to Switzerland and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office in Geneva
Assumed office
May 2025
Preceded byTareq Md Ariful Islam
High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada
In office
30 May 2024 – May 2025
Preceded byKhalilur Rahman
Succeeded byMd. Jashim Uddin
Ambassador of Bangladesh to Jordan
In office
21 February 2020 – August 2024
Preceded byMuhammad Enayet Hossain
Succeeded byNoor-e-Helal Saifur Rahman
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka (MA)

Nahida Sobhan is a Bangladeshi diplomat. She is incumbent ambassador of Bangladesh to Switzerland and the permanent representative of Bangladesh of the United Nations Office at Geneva since May 2025. She became the first female diplomat representing Bangladesh in the Middle East as she became ambassador to Jordan on 21 February 2020. Earlier, she served as the director general of the UN Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.