Kamal Uddin Ahmed | |
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Chairman National Human Rights Commission | |
In office 8 December 2022 –7 November 2024 | |
Appointed by | President of Bangladesh |
President | Mohammed Shahabuddin |
Preceded by | Nasima Begum |
Full time Member National Human Rights Commission | |
In office 22 September 2019 –23 September 2022 | |
Preceded by | Md. Nazrul Islam |
Succeeded by | Selim Reza |
Secretary Ministry of Home Affairs | |
In office 14 February 2017 –27 August 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Dr. Md Mozammel Haque Khan |
Succeeded by | Mostafa Kamal Uddin |
Personal details | |
Born | 10 June 1959 |
Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Kamal Uddin Ahmed is a Bangladeshi retired government official who was the Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission. [1] [2] [3] He is the former Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Environment,Forest and Climate Change. [4]
Kamal Uddin Ahmed joined BCS Administration cadre in 1986 as Assistant Commissioner.
He served as the deputy secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology. [5]
Ahmed was promoted to joint secretary from deputy secretary. [6] In 2010,Ahmed placed Non-Governmental Organizations in the Chittagong Hill Tracts under government surveillance. [7] Ahmed as Additional Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs oversaw the joint survey with India of border lands to solve the adversely possessed land issue between the two countries. [8] He led a 12-member Bangladeshi delegation in a meeting with an Indian delegation following the Border shooting of Felani Khatun. [9]
In 2013,Ahmed was the additional secretary of the Ministry of Posts,Telecommunications and Information Technology. [10]
Ahmed was transferred from his post of the Additional Secretary to the acting secretary of Ministry of Environment,Forest and Climate Change in January 2015. [11]
In December 2016,Ahmed was appointed the Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs replacing Mozammel Haque Khan. [12] He was then the Secretary of the Ministry of Environment,Forest and Climate Change. [12]
In August 2017,Ahmed was made Member (Secretary) of the Bangladesh Planning Commission replacing Mustafa Kamal Uddin who was appointed Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs replacing Ahmed. [13]
In September 2019,Ahmed was appointed Full Time Member of the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh under Chairman Nasima Begum. [14] His appointment was criticized by the Asian NGO Network on National Human Rights Institutions which described it as a flawed selection. [14]
In December 2022,Ahmed was appointed Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh with pay and privilege of a judge of the Appellate Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh. [15] He defended the track record of the commission investigating law enforcement and enforced disappearance while highlighting the limitations of the commission. [16]
Ahmed met the European Union election exploratory mission in July 2023 ahead of the 2024 general elections in Bangladesh to discuss the human rights situation in Bangladesh. [17] He described sanctions by the United States on Rapid Action Battalion for human rights violations as "politically motivated". [18]
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