Shaikh Yusuf Harun | |
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Executive Chairman Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority | |
Assumed office 7 July 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Paban Chowdhury |
Senior Secretary Ministry of Public Administration | |
In office 6 January 2020 –14 May 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Faiz Ahmed |
Succeeded by | K M Ali Azam |
Personal details | |
Born | Assasuni Upazila,Satkhira District,Bangladesh | 15 May 1962
Citizenship | Bangladesh |
Alma mater | University of Rajshahi |
Profession | Government official |
Shaikh Yusuf Harun is a retired Bangladeshi government official who is currently serving as the Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority. He is the former Senior Secretary at the Ministry of Public Administration. [1] Earlier,he served as Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka District. [2]
Harun was born on 15 May 1962 into the Bengali Muslim noble Shaikh family of Dargahpur Village,Assasuni Upazila,Satkhira District,East Pakistan,Pakistan. [3] [4] His father's name is Shaikh Amin-Ur-Rahman and his mother's name is Aklima Khatun. [3] In 1978,he completed his S.S.C. from Paikgacha High School and in 1980 his H.S.C. from Brajalal College. [4] He completed his bachelor's and master's in Applied Chemistry from the University of Rajshahi in 1984 and 1985 respectively. [4]
Harun had served as the Assistant Commissioner,Additional Deputy Commissioner,and Upazila Nirbahi Officer after joining the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1986 as part of the 8th BCS exam batch. [4] [5] He served as the 1st class magistrate and Senior Assistant Commissioner in Sunamganj District. [4] He had served as the Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate of Gopalganj District. [4] He was the Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka District in 2013 and 2014. [6] [7] He was part of the recovery effort following the 2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse at Rana Plaza in Savar Upazila. [8] He was given the responsibility for finding a location for the headquarters of Rapid Action Battalion-10 after their original site was canceled due to it being part of an important channel of Buriganga River. [9] He was part of commission formed to reclaimed the illegally occupied properties of Jagannath University in 2014. [10] He had faced some criticism for leasing out land to Bangladesh Army on Buriganga River foreshore to construct Postogola Cantonment;he denied the land was foreshore. [11]
Harun is the former General Secretary of the Bangladesh Administrative Service Association. [4] In a statement to the media,he demanded trial of Member of Parliament Nixon Chowdhury after he got into a verbal spat with government officials. [12]
Harun had served for three years at the Prime Minister's Office. [4] He had been the secretary at the Medical Education And Family Welfare Division of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in 2019. [13] [14] He was transferred as the secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration on 30 December 2019 from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. [15] He served as the secretary and after promotion senior secretary at the Ministry of Public Administration. [13] [16] During his tenure,an order was issued that prevent government officials from speaking to the media without prior authorization in April 2020. [17] [18] He demoted the Deputy Commissioner of Jamalpur District,Ahmed Kabir,after a video showing inappropriate behavior between him and a female colleague went viral on social media in 2020. [19] Harun also stated that Kabir will never be promoted again in the civil service. [20]
On 7 July 2021,Harun was appointed the Chairperson of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority for a three year contract. [13] [21] Harun and the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Ahmad Kaikaus inaugurated the Shreehatta Economic Zone by DBL Group in Sylhet on 24 August 2021. [22] Harun told the media that he had received proposals from 153 investors for the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar in Chittagong. [23] He was a Director of Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management. [24]
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