Mohammad Mahbubuzzaman
Mohammad Mahbubuzzaman was a Bangladeshi bureaucrat, Cabinet Secretary, and government minister.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Mahbubuzzaman was born on 25 November 1929 in Rajshahi, Rajshahi District, East Bengal, British India.[1] He graduated from Rajshahi Loknath High School.[1] He studied at Tejgaon Agriculture College and worked as the superintendent of Dhaka Farms.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]In 1954, Mahbubuzzaman joined the Pakistan Civil Service.[1] He served as the sub-divisional officer of Nilphamari District.[1] He served as the deputy commissioner of Rangpur District.[1] He has served as the registrar of the Department of Cooperatives.[1]
Mahbubuzzaman is a former chairman of the Bangladesh Tea Board.[1] He was the second person to become secretary at the Ministry of Public Administration.[1] He went on to become secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs.[1] On 24 November 1986, he retired from the civil service.[1]
Following the death of the member of parliament of Naogaon-3, Mohammad Baitullah, Mahbubuzzaman contested the following by-election and was elected to parliament.[1]
Mahbubuzzaman was the cabinet secretary of during the government of General Hussain Mohammad Ershad.[2] He joined the cabinet of Ershad after retiring from government service, as a minister.[2] He served as the Minister of Agriculture from 1988 to 1990.[3]
In the 1990s, Mahbubuzzaman was the first chairman of Social Marketing Company and chairman of Aziz and Company.[1] He was a member of the Retired Government Employees Welfare Association and Bangladesh Medical Studies and Research Institute.[1]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Mahbubuzzaman has two sons. His eldest son, Colonel Mohammad Anisuzzaman, was the Bangladesh Rifles Mymensingh Sector Commander and his youngest son, Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, lives in the United States is a vice president of Bank of America in New York City.[4] Colonel Mohammad Anisuzzaman was killed in the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny.[5]
Death
[edit | edit source]Mahbubuzzaman died on 3 March 2008.[4] He was buried in Banani military graveyard.[1] In 2009, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina awarded him Krishibid award posthumously.[1] A neighborhood of his village was named after him and Sapahar Zaman Nagar Girls High School was founded after his name.[1]
References
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