Mohammad Javed Patwary is a Bangladeshi retired

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and a former

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. Earlier, he served as Additional Inspector General of Police Special Branch (SB). After his retirement in 2020, he was appointed the ambassador to Saudi Arabia by the Government of Bangladesh.

Early life and education

Patwary was born on 15 April 1961 and grew up in Mandary Village, Sadar upazila,

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. He completed his SSC and HSC from Baburhat high school and Chandpur Govt. College respectively. He earned his bachelor's and master's in social welfare from the

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. He obtained his PhD from the

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under the Public Administration department. His research topic was "Combating Terrorism in Bangladesh: Challenges and Prospects".

Career

Patwary then joined

as an Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1986 and awarded first merit position in the 6th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS). Patwary had served in the

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, and

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. On 26 January 2018, Patwary had been appointed 28th Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh police. He was serving as the additional inspector general and chief of the

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. During his time at the Special Branch he collected documents for ''

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'' of

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which had pleased Rahman's family members including Prime Minister

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. He preserved documents of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the archies of the Special Branch. Patwary was a guest lecturer at the Social Welfare and Research Institute and the Department of Criminology at the University of Dhaka. He described the 2018 Bangladesh general election as "peaceful". He was the president of the Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation. Patwary retired from police with effect from 15 April 2020. He was replaced by Benazir Ahmed, Director General of

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. On 29 June 2020, he was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia on a three-year contract. He replaced Golam Moshi, a leader of Jatiya Party, as ambassador.

References

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