A. T. Ahmedul Huq Chowdhury Explained

A. T. Ahmedul Huq Chowdhury
Office:11th Chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission
Native Name:এ. টি. আহমেদুল হক চৌধুরী
Native Name Lang:bn
Appointer:Zillur Rahman
Predecessor:Saadat Husain
President:Zillur Rahman
Mohammad Abdul Hamid
Successor:Ikram Ahmed
Term Start:27 November 2011
Term End:20 December 2013

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]

Career

In 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.

Chowdhury joined the Public Service Commission on 23 June 2009.[5] He had been serving in Bangladesh Police as an additional inspector general.

Chowdhury was appointed chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission in November 2011. 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Bhattacharjee . Partha Pratim . 2021-06-14 . The republic of BUREAUCRATS! . 2022-03-01 . The Daily Star . en.
  2. News: Ahmedul Huq Choudhury new PSC chief . 2022-03-01 . bdnews24.com.
  3. Web site: PM warns against 2014-like situation [Tritiyo Matra News ] ]. 2022-03-01 . www.tritiyomatra.com . en.
  4. News: Shakeup in Bangladesh police force . 2022-03-01 . Gulf News . en.
  5. News: 2011-11-24 . Ahmedul Huq new PSC chairman . 2022-03-01 . The Daily Star . en.
  6. News: Khan . Tamanna . Chakraborty . Protik . 2013-07-14 . No quota now in preliminary test . 2022-03-01 . The Daily Star . en.
  7. News: 2013-07-24 . Dropped adivasis want restoration . 2022-03-01 . The Daily Star . en.
  8. News: Majumdar . Badiul Alam . 2012-01-31 . Challenges for Search Committee . 2022-03-01 . The Daily Star . en.
  9. News: Tusher . Hasan Jahid . 2012-02-09 . Rakib made CEC . 2022-03-01 . The Daily Star . en.
  10. News: 2013-12-23 . PSC gets new chairman . 2022-03-01 . banglanews24.com . bn.
  11. Web site: A.T. Ahmedul Huq Chowdhury, PPM – Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh . 2022-03-01 . en-US.
  12. News: Hamdard provides free treatment, medicines marking mourning day . 2022-03-01 . New Age . en.
  13. Web site: Hamdard University Bangladesh . 2022-03-01 . www.hamdarduniversity.edu.bd.