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Bangladeshi civil servant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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]
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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