Md Abdul Aziz

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Md Abdul Aziz is a former Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh. [1]

Career

Aziz was the Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Establishment and officer on special duty in 2003 when he was promoted in August. [2]

In 2005, Aziz was promoted to the rank of Secretary while serving as the acting secretary at the Ministry of Water Resources. [3] [4]

Aziz was the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture. [3] He had served as a member of the Bangladesh Planning Commission. [3]

Aziz was appointed the Cabinet Secretary on 28 November 2008 replacing Ali Imam Majumder under Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed of the caretaker government. [3] He also served under the next government under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [5] He served as the chairman of the Superior Selection Board which promoted a large number of bureaucrats beyond the number of vacancies resulting in the creation of officers on special duty. [6] Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia filed a contempt of court petition against Aziz and other government officials following her eviction from her residence in Dhaka Cantonment. [7]

Aziz served contractually as the Cabinet Secretary after his retirement. [8] In October 2011, M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan replaced Aziz as the Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh. [9] In February 2012, his name was considered for the Commissioner of the Election Commission. [10]

Aziz is a senior advisor to the ASA. [11]

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  2. ↑ "List of 146 promoted as addl and joint secretaries". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
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  10. ↑ "মঙ্গলবারই রাষ্ট্রপতির কাছে তালিকা দেবে সার্চ কমিটি". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
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