Shah A M S Kibria

Who was Shah A M S Kibria?

Shah Abu Muhammad Shamsul Kibria, commonly known as SAMS Kibria or Shams Kibria, was an economist, diplomat and politician from Bangladesh.

Joining the Pakistan Foreign Service in 1954, Kibria became the Director General of the Political Affairs department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 1981 and 1992, Kibria wasExecutive Secretary of UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Kibria served as the Minister of Finance of the government led by Sheikh Hasina from 1996 to 2001. He was elected a Member of Parliament in the general election of 2001.

Kibria was assassinated on January 27, 2005 in a grenade attack in his constituency of Habiganj in Sylhet.