Md Humayun Kabir Khandaker

Md Humayun Kabir Khandaker is a Bangladeshi civil servant and the former senior secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.^[1][2] He is the former Election Commission Secretary.^[3]

Early life

Khandaker did his undergrad and master's in philosophy at the University of Dhaka.^[4]

Career

Khandaker joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1991 in the admin cadre.^[4] In 2014, he received the Information and Communication Technology Award.^[4]

In November 2015, Khandaker was the deputy commissioner of Feni District.^[5] He served as the personal secretary of Hossain Toufique Imam, political advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.^[4] He was the additional secretary at the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges.^[4] In 2016, he was awarded the Public Administration Award.^[4]

Khandaker was appointed the secretary of the Bangladesh Election Commission in January 2021.^[6][7] He was the former Rajshahi Divisional Commissioner.^[7] He was replaced by Md Humayun Kabir as divisional commissioner.^[8] In January 2022, Justice Mamnoon Rahman and Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman issued a ruling asking why contempt of court should not be taken against him and three others for not publishing the results of a ward election in Chittagong.^[9] The government asked him and the election commission to investigate Bangladesh Nationalist Party using lobbying firms in the United States.^[10]

Khandaker was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Industries in October 2022.^[11] He was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting following the forced retirement of the former secretary, Md Mokbul Hossain in November 2022.^[12] Zakia Sultana appointed to the secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting was cancelled at the same time.^[12][13] He oversaw the launch of the digitalization of National Institute of Mass Communication services as part of the mygov platform project.^[14]

Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Khandaker was appointed an officer on special duty, a punishment posting in the Bangladesh Civil Service.^[15]