Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad
Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad | |
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11th Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh | |
In office 9 February 2012 – 9 February 2017 | |
President | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | A. T. M. Shamsul Huda |
Succeeded by | KM Nurul Huda |
Personal details | |
Born | British India | 2 December 1943
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Alma mater | |
Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad (born 2 December 1943) is a retired Bangladeshi civil servant and former Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh.[1]
Early life
A veteran freedom fighter, Ahmad was born in Chuadanga on 2 December 1943.[1]
Education
Ahmad studied chemistry at University of Dhaka and secured first class second position in the MSc examination. In 1966 he joined the chemistry department of Dhaka University as a lecturer. The next year he joined the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) as an officer.[1] Ahmad completed his MBA from Boston University, and received professional training at Harvard University. As a Research Fellow in Harvard University Centre for Population Studies, he worked on Population and Resource development. He completed Investment Negotiation Course at the Law Center of the Institute of International and Foreign Trade Law, Georgetown University, USA.[2]
Career
During the
Ahmad served as the
Ahmad presided over the 5 January 2014 general elections in Bangladesh, which was boycotted by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[5][6][7][8] He oversaw the 2016 countrywide Zila Parishad election.[9][10] Under Ahmad's leadership, the Election Commission (EC) launched the distribution of machine-readable smart national identity (NID) cards among 10 crore citizens, replacing the existing paper-laminated cards[11] and updated the voter list.[12]
Ahmad's term as the Chief Election Commissioner ended on 9 February 2017.[13]
References
- ^ a b c "Rakib made CEC". The Daily Star. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ a b "CV of Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad" (PDF). ec.org.bd. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ a b "2 former secys fit to be CEC". The Daily Star. 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ Ahmed, Hafez (9 February 2012). "Raqib Uddin new CEC". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "Bangladesh's bitter election boycott". BBC News. 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "There was no way but to hold Jan 5 polls: Rakibuddin". The Daily Star. 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "Adieu, KRA & Co, enough done!". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "Rakibuddin claims all elections under him were fair". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad terms Zila Parishad polls fair, peaceful". Daily Sun. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "Vote counting on". The Daily Star. 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "PM launches smart ID cards distribution". Dhaka Tribune. 2016-10-02. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "Voter list updating begins tomorrow". The Daily Star. 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ "New Election Commission headed by Nurul Huda to take oath Feb 15". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 26 February 2017.