Md Mustafizur Rahman is a retired secretary of the Bangladesh

Ministry of Home Affairs An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, the i ...

. He is the former secretary of the Ministry of Land.

Early life

Rahman was born on 25 May 1964 in

Khulna District Khulna District () is a district of Bangladesh. It is located in the Khulna Division, bordered in the north by Jashore District and Narail District, in the south by the Bay of Bengal, in the east by Bagerhat District, and the west by Satkhira D ...

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, Pakistan. He graduated from Saint Joseph's High School,

Khulna Khulna (, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of the Khulna District and the Khulna Division. It is the divisional centre of 10 districts of the division. Khulna is also the seco ...

. He completed his bachelor's degree from Government BL College in 1981. He completed his master's degree at the

University of Rajshahi The University of Rajshahi (), also known as Rajshahi University (RU), is a public research university located in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. It is the second oldest and third largest university in Bangladesh. The university's 59 departments are or ...

in physics.

Career

Rahman joined the

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on 11 December 1991 as an admin cadre. He was appointed an assistant commissioner in the office of the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner. Rahman served as the assistant commissioner of

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and Jessore District. He was the deputy commissioner of

Moulvibazar District Moulvibazar District, () also spelled Moulavibazar, or Maulavibazar, (previous name: South Sylhet) is the southeastern district of Sylhet Division in northeastern Bangladesh, named after the town of Moulvibazar. It is bordered by the Indian states ...

. As deputy commissioner of

Jessore District Jessore District, List of renamed places in Bangladesh, officially Jashore District (; ), is a Districts of Bangladesh, district in southwestern Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna District, Khulna and Satkhira District, Satk ...

from 1 August 2011 to 1 July 2014, Rahman led digitalization of government services in the district. Prime Minister

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declared Jessore the first digital district of Bangladesh. He was the project director of the

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program of the Prime Minister's Office. From 6 July 2019 to 7 January 2020, Rahman was the

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commissioner. He was then appointed commissioner of

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. On 31 December 2020, Rahman was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Land replacing Senior Secretary Md Muksodur Rahman Patwary. In 2022, Rahman was awarded the Bangabandhu Public Administration Award for his role in establishing the Land Information Bank as the secretary of the

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. He made a number of digital services available at the Ministry of Land. On 2 April 2023, Rahman was appointed the secretary of the

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of the Ministry of Home Affairs. He was promoted to senior secretary in May one day before his retirement date which was postponed. In May 2023, his service was extended by one year. He went to Tungipara to pay his respects to the mausoleum of former president

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after his appointment where he organized special prayers for the well-being of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He ordered the suspension of Additional Deputy Commissioner Harun or Rashid of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police for assaulting central leaders of

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in custody at Shahbagh police station. Rahman is a member of the governing body of the

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. He is a member of the governing body of the

Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) is a state owned autonomous national research institute and think tank working as a statutory institute that carries out research on security and strategic issues in Bangladesh ...

. He retired from his active job on 25 May 2024.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Md Mustafizur Living people 1964 births Bangladeshi civil servants People from Khulna District University of Rajshahi alumni Brajalal College alumni