Md Mustafizur Rahman

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Md Mustafizur Rahman is a retired secretary of the Bangladesh Ministry of Home Affairs. [1] He is the former secretary of the Ministry of Land. [2]

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Early life

Rahman was born on 25 May 1964 in Khulna District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. [3] [4] He graduated from Saint Joseph's High School, Khulna. [4] [5] He completed his bachelor's degree from Government BL College in 1981. [4] [5] He completed his master's degree at the University of Rajshahi in physics. [3]

Career

Rahman joined the Bangladesh Civil Service on 11 December 1991 as an admin cadre. [4] He was appointed an assistant commissioner in the office of the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner. [3] [4]

Rahman served as the assistant commissioner of Faridpur District and Jessore District. [4] He was the deputy commissioner of Moulvibazar District. [6]

As deputy commissioner of Jessore District from 1 August 2011 to 1 July 2014, Rahman led digitalization of government services in the district. [3] [4] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared Jessore the first digital district of Bangladesh. [5] He was the project director of the Aspire to Innovate program of the Prime Minister's Office. [5]

From 6 July 2019 to 7 January 2020, Rahman was the Sylhet Division commissioner. [4] He was then appointed commissioner of Dhaka Division. [5]

On 31 December 2020, Rahman was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Land replacing Senior Secretary Md Muksodur Rahman Patwary. [7]

In 2022, Rahman was awarded the Bangabandhu Public Administration Award for his role in establishing the Land Information Bank as the secretary of the Ministry of Land. [3] He made a number of digital services available at the Ministry of Land. [8]

On 2 April 2023, Rahman was appointed the secretary of the Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs. [3] He was promoted to senior secretary in May one day before his retirement date which was postponed. [9] [10] [11] In May 2023, his service was extended by one year. [12] He went to Tungipara to pay his respects to the mausoleum of former president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after his appointment where he organized special prayers for the well-being of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [13] He ordered the suspension of Additional Deputy Commissioner Harun or Rashid of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police for assaulting central leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League in custody at Shahbagh police station. [14] [15]

Rahman is a member of the governing body of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority. [16] He is a member of the governing body of the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies. [17] He retired from his active job on 25 May 2024.

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  10. ↑ "Public Security Division secretary Mostafizur gets promoted, to stay for another year". UNB. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  11. ↑ "Promotion a day before retirement". The Daily Star. 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  12. ↑ "Secretary of Public Security Division and RAB DG to get service extension". The Asian Age. Bangladesh. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
  13. ↑ "Secretary of public security division pays tribute to Bangabandhu at Tungipara". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
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  15. ↑ "ADC Harun suspended". Prothom Alo. 2023-09-11. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
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  17. ↑ "Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies". biiss.org. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
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