Ali Imam Majumder is a former Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh. He is the Secretary General of

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executive committee member of

Citizens for Good Governance (SHUJAN) Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (translation: Citizens for Good Governance) (SHUJAN) is an organization in Bangladesh. The word SHUJAN, is a Bengali word. It came from an sentence "''Shushanar Janniya Nagorik – SHUJAN''". The headquarter of this orga ...

Early life

Majumder was born in 1950 in Kulubari Village, Sonamura,

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. He migrated to East Pakistan and settled in Comilla in 1962. He graduated from

University of Chittagong The University of Chittagong ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, caṭṭagram bishwabidyalay) is a public research university with multidisciplinary faculties situated across a 1754-acres hilly landmas ...

and graduated with a Masters in Mathematics.

Career

Majumder joined the Bangladesh Civil Service on 11 February 1977 as an administration cadre. Majumder served as the District Commissioner (DC) of

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and

Cox's Bazar District Cox's Bazar ( bn, কক্সবাজার জেলা , ''Cox's Bazar Jela'' also ''Cox's Bazar Zila'') is a district in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh. It is named after Cox's Bazar town. It is located south of Chittagong. Cox's ...

in 1997. In 2004, Majumder was the Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. On 31 October 2006, Majumder was appointed the Principal Secretary of the Chief Advisor of the Caretaker Government. On 6 December 2006, he also became the Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh. In May 2007, he approved a proposal to raise the ranks of the heads of the three armed forced forces of Bangladesh. On 19 November 2007, he term was extended by one year. He reported that the proclamation of Independence of Bangladesh document had gone missing from government custody. He also served as the chairman of

Sonali Bank Sonali Bank Limited ( bn, সোনালী ব্যাংক লিমিটেড) is the principal state-owned leading public commercial bank in Bangladesh. It is the largest bank in the country. Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui is the chairman of the ...

. He retired from the civil service on 28 November 2008. In March 2015, Majumder was relieved of contempt charges by a court; related to a case against David Bergman. On 27 October 2016, Majumder was elected to the Trustee Board of Transparency International Bangladesh. He was considered for the post of commissioner of the Election Commission in 2017. He criticized the government providing interest free loans to civil service officers to buy cars. He also had criticized the top heavy nature of Bangladesh Civil Service. He has been critical of the Awami League government politicizing the bureaucracy and reducing the quality of the service. Majumder is a former Chairperson of

Bangladesh Biman Biman Bangladesh Airlines ( bn, বিমান বাংলাদেশ এয়ারলাইন্স) commonly known as Biman ( bn, বিমান), pronounced (), is the national flag carrier of Bangladesh. With its main hub at Hazr ...

. He is an executive committee member of

. He is a director of MIDAS Financing Limited. In November 2021, Majumder noting the

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report concurred that democracy was in decline in Bangladesh. He is a director of MIDAS ( Micro Industries Development Assistance and Services). In April 2023, he was elected chairman of MIDAS Financing Limited.

References

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