The Home Secretary of Bangladesh is the senior civil servant responsible for the administration of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh. The office is normally held by a secretary or senior secretary of the government and is responsible for the ministry's administrative affairs.
The Ministry of Home Affairs is responsible for matters relating to internal security and public order and works through its departments and agencies in areas including policing, border management, immigration, prisons, fire and civil defence, and narcotics control.
The incumbent Home Secretary is Manzur Morshed Chowdhury, who serves as Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
List of Home Secretaries
No. Image Name Took office Left office Ref. 1 Abdul Khaleque 4 September 1971 26 January 1973 2 Shamsuddin Ahmed 27 January 1973 27 March 1975 3 Md. Mahbubuzzaman 17 January 1979 14 April 1982 4 Md. Khorshed Anwar 14 April 1982 17 May 1983 5 Quazi Azhar Ali 17 May 1983 23 June 1986 6 Sayeed Ahmed Mahmud 23 June 1986 23 February 1987 7 A. K. M. Kamal Uddin Chowdhury 23 February 1987 1 June 1988 8 Azim Uddin Ahmed 14 November 1989 26 December 1990 9 M. A. Sayeed 27 December 1990 22 April 1991 10 Muhammad Lutfullahil Majid 23 April 1991 19 August 1992 11 Manzur-ul-Karim 20 August 1992 6 February 1993 12 Azim Uddin Ahmed 30 March 1993 22 November 1995 13 Syed Rezaul Hayat 26 November 1995 7 April 1997 14 Safiur Rahman 8 April 1997 30 December 2000 15 Sadat Hussain 18 July 2001 2 September 2002 16 Muhammad Omar Faruk 2 September 2002 19 March 2005 17 Safar Raj Hossain 20 March 2005 31 October 2006 18 S. M. Zahurul Islam 31 October 2006 6 December 2006 19 Md. Abdul Karim 7 December 2006 9 March 2009 20 Abdus Sobhan Sikder 9 March 2009 3 October 2011 21 Manzur Hossain 5 October 2011 6 February 2012 22 C. Q. K. Mustaq Ahmed 6 February 2012 6 July 2014 23 Mozammel Haque Khan 7 July 2014 20 December 2016 24 Kamal Uddin Ahmed 21 December 2016 14 February 2017 Public Security Division 25 Kamal Uddin Ahmed 14 February 2017 27 August 2017 26 Mostafa Kamal Uddin 27 August 2017 12 January 2022 27 Md. Akhtar Hossain 12 January 2022 30 October 2022 28 Md. Aminul Islam Khan 30 October 2022 31 March 2023 29 Md. Mostafizur Rahman 2 April 2023 30 May 2024 30 Md. Jahangir Alam 30 May 2024 14 August 2024 31 Md. Mokabbir Hossain 14 August 2024 18 August 2024 32 Mohammad Abdul Momen 18 August 2024 9 December 2024 Ministry of Home Affairs 33 Nasimul Gani 23 December 2024 16 February 2026 34 Manzur Morshed Chowdhury 17 February 2026 Incumbent
See also Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh) Government of Bangladesh Bangladesh Civil Service Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh
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