Md Mustafizur Rahman is a retired secretary of the Bangladesh Ministry of Home Affairs. [1] He is the former secretary of the Ministry of Land. [2]
Rahman was born on 25 May 1964 in Khulna District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. [3] [4] He graduated from Saint Joseph's High School, Khulna. [4] [5] He completed his bachelor's degree from Government BL College in 1981. [4] [5] He completed his master's degree at the University of Rajshahi in physics. [3]
Rahman joined the Bangladesh Civil Service on 11 December 1991 as an admin cadre. [4] He was appointed an assistant commissioner in the office of the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner. [3] [4]
Rahman served as the Assistant Commissioner of Faridpur District and Jessore District. [4] He was the Deputy Commissioner of Moulvibazar District. [6]
As Deputy Commissioner of Jessore District from 1 August 2011 to 01 July 2014, Rahman led digitalization of government services in the district. [3] [4] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared Jessore the first digital district of Bangladesh. [5] He was the project director of Aspire to Innovate program of the Prime Minister's Office. [5]
From 6 July 2019 to 7 January 2020, Rahman was the Sylhet Division Commissioner. [4] He was then appointed Commissioner of Dhaka Division. [5]
On 31 December 2020, Rahman was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Land replacing Senior Secretary Md Muksodur Rahman Patwary. [7]
In 2022, Rahman was awarded the Bangabandhu Public Administration Award for his role in establishing the Land Information Bank as the secretary of the Ministry of Land. [3] He made a number of digital services available at the Ministry of Land. [8]
On 2 April 2023, Rahman was appointed the Secretary of the Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs. [3] He was promoted to Senior Secretary in May one day before his retirement date which was postponed. [9] [10] [11] In May 2023, his service was extended by one year. [12] He went to Tungipara to pay his respects to the mausoleum of former President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after his appointment where he organized special prayers for the well-being of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [13] He ordered the suspension of Additional Deputy Commissioner Harun or Rashid of Dhaka Metropolitan Police for assaulting central leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League in custody at Shahbagh police station. [14] [15]
Rahman is a member of the governing body of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority. [16] He is a member of the governing body of the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies. [17] He retired from his active job on 25 May, 2024.