John Gomes is a retired two-star rank Bangladesh Army officer and diplomat. He served as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Philippines.

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John Gomes
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Service/branch	Bangladesh Army
Years of service	1977-2008
Rank	Major General
Unit	East Bengal Regiment
Commands held	Director General of Directorate General of Defence Purchase Commander of 71st Infantry Brigade Station Commander, Sylhet
Battles/wars	UNMOT
Bangladesh Ambassador to Philippines
In office 4 October 2012 – November 2016
Preceded by	Ikhtiar Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Asad Alam Siam

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Gomes graduated from Notre Dame College, Dhaka and the University of Dhaka. He graduated from the Honolulu University with a master's degree in defence studies and a MBA.^[1]

Gomes joined Bangladesh Army in 1977 as an infantry officer.^[2][3] He was an operation manager in the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan.^[2][3] He founded the Morning Glory School and College in Savar Cantonment.^[2][3] Gomes was an accused in the Assassination of Ziaur Rahman case but was acquitted in 1981 and returned to service.^[4] He served as the President of Bangladesh Military Christian Fellowship. He is the General Secretary of Notre Dame College Alumni Association.^[1] After retiring from the Army he served as the general manager of management support service at Square Hospital.^[2][3]

In October 2012, Gomes was appointed the Bangladesh Ambassador to the Philippines.^[1] In 2014, he was criticized by the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry for inviting Menashe Bar-On, Head of Mission of Israel in Manila, to a private dinner. Bangladesh does not have diplomatic relations with Israel.^[5][6] As ambassador he was tasked with returning US$81 million that were smuggled to Philippines after Bangladesh Bank robbery in 2016.^[7] In November 2016, the Government of Bangladesh appointed Asad Alam Siam to replace him as the Ambassador to Philippines.^[8]