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{{Infobox person<br />
|name = K G Mustafa<br />
|birth_date = {{circa|1928}}<br />
|birth_place = Kuripara, [[Sirajganj]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date = {{death date|2010|3|13|df=y}} (aged 82)<br />
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
|alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]<br />
|education = MA (political science)<br />
|resting_place = Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard, Mirpur<br />
|spouse = Sabera Mustafa<br />
|children = Shams Mustafa<br/>Sabir Mustafa<br/>Sipar Mustafa<br />
}}<br />
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'''K G Mustafa''' (c. 1928{{snd}}13 March 2010) was a Bangladeshi journalist who served as Ambassador for a brief period. He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] by the Government of Bangladesh in 1999.<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|access-date=23 August 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Mustafa was born to Khondakar Wasiuzzaman and Tahiatunnesa. He passed matriculation examination in 1944 from Banwarilal High School. He obtained BA (Hons) degree in political science from the [[University of Dhaka]] in 1951. He obtained MA degree in political science in 1957.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Mustafa started journalist as a profession while studying at Islamia College. He first joined the [[Daily Azad]]. He later also worked in the Dainik Insaf, [[The Daily Ittefaq|Dainik Ittefaq]], [[Bangladesh Observer]], [[Dainik Purbokone]], the weekly Dialogue, the Sangbad and Muktokantha. He was elected president of the All-Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists in 1970. He was the founder president of [[Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists]].<br />
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Mustafa was not a career diplomat. He was, however, a political appointee to the foreign service on contract. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's government appointed him to serve as an ambassador to Lebanon from 1973 to 1974, and again to Iraq from 1974 to 1975. Following a series of coup d'état in Bangladesh from August to November 1975 in which Rahman and his family were murdered, Mustafa chose not to return home and remained in Iraq as a private citizen until 1985.<ref name=death/><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Mustafa was married to actress and educationist Sabera Khatun (1934{{snd}}2012).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=230322|title=Sabera Mustafa passes away|date=16 April 2012|access-date=2015-08-16|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref> They had three sons{{snd}}Sabir Mustafa, head of BBC Bengali Service, economist Shams Mustafa and advocate Sipar Mustafa.<ref name=death>{{cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2010/03/13/veteran-journalist-kg-mustafa-dies|title=Veteran journalist KG Mustafa dies|date=13 March 2010|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=2015-08-16}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Lebanon]]<br />
[[Category:Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Iraq]]<br />
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[[Category:Burials at Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard]]<br />
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