Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah | |
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6th Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission | |
In office 10 March 2021 –29 October 2024 | |
Appointed by | President of Bangladesh |
President | Mohammad Abdul Hamid Mohammed Shahabuddin |
Preceded by | Iqbal Mahmood |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Abdul Momen |
Personal details | |
Born | Comilla District,East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh) | 18 August 1959
Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Profession | Former Senior Secretary |
Website | www |
Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah is a Bangladeshi civil servant and former chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission. [1] [2] [3] During his term Anti-Corruption Commission officials raised complaints against the top management of the commission coming from Bangladesh Civil Service and operating under different rules from regular staff of the commission. [4]
Abdullah was born in 1959 in Comilla District,East Pakistan,Pakistan. [5] He completed his undergraduate and masters in soil sciences from the University of Dhaka. [6]
Abdullah joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1983 as an administration cadre. [6] [7] He first posting was as magistrate. [8]
Abdullah had served as the assistant private secretary to the Chief Adviser of the caretaker government of Bangladesh,Fakhruddin Ahmed. [8]
In May 2009,Abdullah was appointed director general of the Prime Minister's Office under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and served there till May 2010. [8] Abdullah served as the divisional commissioner of Dhaka Division from 2010 to 2012. [6] [9] [10] He was then appointed the Secretary at the Ministry of Industries. [6] [11]
From 2014 to 2016,Abdullah was the secretary at the Ministry of Housing and Public Works. [6] [12]
From 2016 to 2018,Abdullah served as the senior secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture. [6] [13]
In July 2019,Abdullah was made the chairperson of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation. [6] [14] He served in the Syndicate Board of Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology,Jahangirnagar University,and Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University. [6] He is a former general secretary of the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association. [6]
Abdullah was appointed one of the commissioners and subsequently made the chairman of the Bangladesh Anti Commission on 3 March 2021 with the rank and status of a judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. [15] He replaced Iqbal Mahmood as chairman. [16]