A. T. Ahmedul Huq Chowdhury is a former chairperson of Bangladesh Public Service Commission.[1] He is a retired additional inspector general of Bangladesh Police.[2][3]
A. T. Ahmedul Huq Chowdhury | |
|---|---|
এ. টি. আহমেদুল হক চৌধুরী | |
| 11th Chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission | |
| In office 27 November 2011 – 20 December 2013 | |
| Appointed by | Zillur Rahman |
| President | Zillur Rahman Mohammad Abdul Hamid |
| Preceded by | Saadat Husain |
| Succeeded by | Ikram Ahmed |
Career
editIn November 2001, Chowdhury was the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department.[4] On 13 November 2001, he was made an officer on special duty and removed from his post after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party government came to power replacing the Awami League government.[4]
Chowdhury joined the Public Service Commission on 23 June 2009.[5] He had been serving in Bangladesh Police as an additional inspector general.[5]
Chowdhury was appointed chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission in November 2011.[5] During his tenure, the commission canceled results of the 34th Bangladesh Civil Service preliminary exam and announced a new result without the usage of quota.[6] This faced criticism from the indigenous communities whose candidates names were dropped from the revised list.[7] In January 2012, he served in the search committee for the Bangladesh Election Commission.[8] The search committee appointed Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh.[9]
In December 2013, Ikram Ahmed succeeded Chowdhury as chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission.[10]
Chowdhury is a trustee board member of Hamdard Laboratories (WAQF) Bangladesh.[11][12] He is the chairperson of the disciplinary committee of Hamdard University Bangladesh.[13]
References
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- ^ a b "Shakeup in Bangladesh police force". Gulf News. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ a b c "Ahmedul Huq new PSC chairman". The Daily Star. 2011-11-24. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ Khan, Tamanna; Chakraborty, Protik (2013-07-14). "No quota now in preliminary test". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Dropped adivasis want restoration". The Daily Star. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ Majumdar, Badiul Alam (2012-01-31). "Challenges for Search Committee". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ Tusher, Hasan Jahid (2012-02-09). "Rakib made CEC". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "PSC gets new chairman". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2013-12-23. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "A.T. Ahmedul Huq Chowdhury, PPM – Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh". Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Hamdard provides free treatment, medicines marking mourning day". New Age. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Hamdard University Bangladesh". www.hamdarduniversity.edu.bd. Retrieved 2022-03-01.