A S M Abdul Halim is a former

Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh The highest ranking civil servant is the Chief of the Cabinet Secretariat of the People's Republic of Bangladesh who is also the Cabinet Secretary. He is ex-officio Chairman of the Superior Selection Board and head of all civil services under th ...

and published author. He is an advisory council member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and former Prime Minister

Khaleda Zia Begum Khaleda Zia (born August–September 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and the second fema ...

Early life

Halim was born in

Jamalpur District Jamalpur District () is a district in Bangladesh, and part of Mymensingh Division. It was established in 1978 during the rule of Ziaur Rahman. It has its headquarters in Jamalpur. Etymology The district is named for its headquarters, Jamalpur ...

Career

Halim was appointed secretary to the

Ministry of Agriculture An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...

in December 2003. He was serving as the secretary to the

Ministry of Textiles and Jute Ministry of Textiles and Jute (, Pronounce: ''Bostro ō pāṭ Montronaloy'') is Bangladesh's governmental parent agency for the country's Department of Textiles (Bangladesh), Department of Textiles and Directorate General of Jute (Bangladesh), ...

. On 24 November 2005, Halim was appointed Cabinet Secretary replacing Dr Saadat Hussain. From November 2005 to August 2006, he was the chairman of Officers Club, Dhaka. In December 2005, Halim spoke at a rally of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Jamalpur District. This was criticized by many including Sultan Mahmud Babu, member of parliament, as the civil administration is meant to be neutral and Halim was a serving civil service officer. He denied it was a political event and that he had violated the Government Servants (Conduct) Rules 1979. Halim contract was extended after he reached the age of retirement. He joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in October 2006 one month after his retirement by presenting a flower bouquet to former Prime Minister

. Halim was the chairman of the Greater Mymensingh Cultural Forum in 2007. In April 2015, Halim met the Election Commission as part of the delegation of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Halim is an advisor to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. In 2018, he sought the Bangladesh Nationalist Party nomination for Jamalpur-2. The nomination went to Sultan Mahmud Babu who lost to Md Faridul Haque Khan of the Awami League.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Halim, A S M Abdul Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Bangladeshi civil servants People from Islampur Upazila Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Secretaries of the Cabinet (Bangladesh)