Kazi Habibul Awal made new CEC
26 February 2022, 08:12 pm | Updated: 23 February 2025, 09:12 pm
Former secretary to the Ministry of Defence Kazi Habibul Awal has been appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) by President Abdul Hamid. The other four election commissioners (EC) are - Begum Rashida Sultana, Ahsan Habib Khan, Md. Alamgir and Anisur Rahman.
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The President of Bangladesh appointed him and other Election Commissioners through a circular on Saturday (26 February).
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Kazi Habibul Awal joined the Ministry of Defence as Secretary on 3 March 2014. Then he was appointed as Senior Secretary in the same Ministry on 1 December 2014. He retired on 20 January 2015. He was then reappointed as Senior Secretary in Ministry of Defence on 21 January 2015.
