Md Abdul Aziz is a former Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh.[1]
Career edit
Aziz was the Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Establishment and officer on special duty in 2003 when he was promoted in August.[2]
In 2005, Aziz was promoted to the rank of Secretary while serving as the acting secretary at the Ministry of Water Resources.[3][4]
Aziz was the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture.[3] He had served as a member of the Bangladesh Planning Commission.[3]
Aziz was appointed the Cabinet Secretary on 28 November 2008 replacing Ali Imam Majumder under Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed of the caretaker government.[3] He also served under the next government under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[5] He served as the chairman of the Superior Selection Board which promoted a large number of bureaucrats beyond the number of vacancies resulting in the creation of officers on special duty.[6] Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia filed a contempt of court petition against Aziz and other government officials following her eviction from her residence in Dhaka Cantonment.[7]
Aziz served contractually as the Cabinet Secretary after his retirement.[8] In October 2011, M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan replaced Aziz as the Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh.[9] In February 2012, his name was considered for the Commissioner of the Election Commission.[10]
References edit
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- ^ "List of 146 promoted as addl and joint secretaries". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ a b c d "Aziz takes over as cabinet secretary". The Daily Star. 2008-11-28. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ "48 joint secys promoted out of 81 qualified". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ "Monitoring militancy tops PMÔÇÖs DC conference directives". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ Azad, M. Abul Kalam (2010-11-24). "Promotion spree to see more OSDs". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ "Khaleda contests 'eviction'". The Daily Star. 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ Azad, M. Abul Kalam (2011-03-27). "Retirees rule admin". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ "Reshuffle in top admin". The Daily Star. 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ "মঙ্গলবারই রাষ্ট্রপতির কাছে তালিকা দেবে সার্চ কমিটি". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ "'He was crucial for microfinance'". The Daily Star. 2022-02-13. Retrieved 2023-09-22.