Mohammad Mahbubuzzaman was a Bangladeshi bureaucrat, Cabinet Secretary, and government minister.
Mahbubuzzaman was born on 25 November 1929 in Rajshahi, Rajshahi District, East Bengal, British India. [1] He graduated from Rajshahi Loknath High School. [1] He studied at Tejgaon Agriculture College and worked as the superintendent of Dhaka Farms. [1]
In 1954, Mahbubuzzaman joined the Pakistan Civil Service. [1] He served as the sub-divisional officer of Nilphamari District. [1] He served as the deputy commissioner of Rangpur District. [1] He has served as the registrar of the Department of Cooperatives. [1]
Mahbubuzzaman is a former chairman of the Bangladesh Tea Board. [1] He was the second person to become secretary at the Ministry of Public Administration. [1] He went on to become secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs. [1] On 24 November 1986, he retired from the civil service. [1]
Following the death of the member of parliament of Naogaon-3, Mohammad Baitullah, Mahbubuzzaman contested the following by-election and was elected to parliament. [1]
Mahbubuzzaman was the cabinet secretary of during the government of General Hussain Mohammad Ershad. [2] He joined the cabinet of Ershad after retiring from government service, as a minister. [2] He served as the Minister of Agriculture from 1988 to 1990. [3]
In the 1990s, Mahbubuzzaman was the first chairman of Social Marketing Company and chairman of Aziz and Company. [1] He was a member of the Retired Government Employees Welfare Association and Bangladesh Medical Studies and Research Institute. [1]
Mahbubuzzaman has two sons. His eldest son, Colonel Mohammad Anisuzzaman, was the Bangladesh Rifles Mymensingh Sector Commander and his youngest son, Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, lives in the United States is a vice president of Bank of America in New York City. [4] Colonel Mohammad Anisuzzaman was killed in the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. [5]
Mahbubuzzaman died on 3 March 2008. [4] He was buried in Banani military graveyard. [1] In 2009, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina awarded him Krishibid award posthumously. [1] A neighborhood of his village was named after him and Sapahar Zaman Nagar Girls High School was founded after his name. [1]