Qazi Shamsul Alam (1 January 1942 – 1 October 2021) was the

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 ...

Early life

Shamsul Alam was born on 1 January 1942. He completed his M.A. from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

in 1962.

Career

Shamsul Alam joined the

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of Pakistan in 1964. He was the assistant commissioner of Sylhet District in 1966. He was the deputy director of food of the Hyrderabad region in West Pakistan in 1968. In 1980, Shamsul Alam was the joint secretary at the

Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...

. Shamsul Alam was the additional secretary of the External Resources Division in 1990. He signed an agreement with the

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on behalf of Bangladesh. He was an alternate governor of the

Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank to promote social and economic development in Asia. The bank is headquartered in Metro Manila, Philippines and maintains 31 field offices around the world. The bank was establishe ...

. In 1991, Shamsul Alam was the secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Manpower. Shamsul Alam was a member of the

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in 1997. In January 2000, Shamsul Alam, as cabinet secretary, conducted the oath taking ceremony of Chief Justice

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. Shamsul Alam was elected member of the Fair Election Monitoring Alliance in 2004. Shamsul Alam was the treasurer of the Fair Election Monitoring Alliance in 2008.

Death

Shamsul Alam died on 1 October 2021 of neurological complications following brain surgery.

Bibliography

* Recent Development in World Demand for Jute, with Particular Reference to Jute-synthetics Competition (1976)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shamsul Alam, Qazi 2021 deaths 1942 births Pakistani civil servants Bangladeshi civil servants Secretaries of the Cabinet (Bangladesh) University of Dhaka alumni Deaths from complications of brain surgery