Ikhtiar Chowdhury

Ikhtiar Momin Chowdhury (born 11 August 1954) is a Bangladeshi diplomat and writer. He served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to multiple countries. As of 2024, he has written 39 books.

Chowdhury was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in the travelogue category in 2022.

Background and career
Ikhtiar Chowdhury was born in 1954 to Chowdhury Osman, a poet and an educationist, and Hamida Sultana in Ramgati village in Ullahpara, Sirajganj in the then East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan (now in Bangladesh). Ikhtiar studied at the University of Dhaka.

Chowdhury served as the director general of the South East Asia and Parliamentary Affairs, and the External Publicity Wing of Foreign Ministry until 2008. He then served as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Philippines and Spain until his retirement.