‘I am excited to lead a great team at Embassy Dhaka, Americans and locally employed staff alike, to enhance US-Bangladesh relations, advance President Trump’s agenda, and work hard every day to make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous,’ says Brent Christensen.
Brent Christensen takes oath as the United States ambassador to Bangladesh. Photo: Facebook/US Embassy Dhaka
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Brent Christensen takes oath as the United States ambassador to Bangladesh. Photo: Facebook/US Embassy Dhaka
Brent Christensen has been sworn in as the new United States ambassador to Bangladesh.
The US Embassy in Dhaka announced the development in a Facebook post today (10 January), welcoming Christensen as the newly sworn-in ambassador to Bangladesh.
“I am thrilled to return to Bangladesh, a country I know so well,” the embassy quoted him as saying.
“I am excited to lead a great team at Embassy Dhaka, Americans and locally employed staff alike, to enhance US-Bangladesh relations, advance President Trump’s agenda, and work hard every day to make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous,” Christensen continued.
A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Christensen brings significant experience in South Asian affairs to the role.
He is already a familiar face in Dhaka’s diplomatic circles, having served as the counsellor for political and economic affairs at the US Embassy in Bangladesh from 2019 to 2021.
Earlier in his career, he also held the position of Bangladesh country officer at the State Department.
The US mission in Dhaka had been operating without a full-time ambassador since Peter Haas concluded his eventful tenure in the summer of 2024.
In the interim, the embassy was led by a series of charges d’affaires.
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