Martuza Ahmed () is a Bangladeshi bureaucrat and

Chief Information Commissioner The Chief Information Commissioner of India is the head of the Central Information Commission appointed by the President of India. The first Chief Information Commissioner was Wajahat Habibullah Wajahat Habibullah (born 30 September ...

of the Information Commission. He is a former secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Career

Ahmed joined the

Bangladesh Civil Service Bangladesh Civil Service ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সিভিল সার্ভিস ), more popularly known by its acronym BCS, is the civil service of Bangladesh. Civil service in the Indian subcontinent originated from the Imperial ...

in 1982 as part of a special batch. He has served as the

Upazila Nirbahi Officer An Upazila Nirbahi Officer ( Abbreviation: UNO; bn, উপজেলা নির্বাহী অফিসার) is the chief executive officer of an upazila (subdistrict) and a mid-level officer of the Bangladesh Civil Service (administratio ...

Noakhali Sadar Upazila Noakhali Sadar ( bn, নোয়াখালি সদর) is an upazila of Noakhali District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Noakhali Thana was established in 1861 and was converted into an upazila in 1984. The upazila takes its name f ...

. He is a former magistrate of Dhaka City. Ahmed has served as director of

Bangladesh Betar Bangladesh Betar ( bn, বাংলাদেশ বেতার; ), or BB is the state-owned radio broadcaster of Bangladesh, initially established as the Dhaka station of All India Radio in 1939. It was later made part of Radio Pakistan. After t ...

. Ahmed was the director of Department of Military Lands and Cantonments. He has been the additional secretary of the

Cabinet Division The Cabinet Division ( bn, মন্ত্রিপরিষদ বিভাগ) is the executive office of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. As a division of the Government of Bangladesh, the office is responsible for the executive administrat ...

. On 19 January 2019, Ahmed was appointed the chief information commissioner of the Information Commission replacing M Golam Rahman. At the time of his appointment, he was the

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) is Bangladesh's national news agency and was established on January 1, 1972, by government order soon after its independence from Pakistan. Abul Kalam Azad Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed bin Khairuddi ...

chairman. He is responsible for ensuring citizens have access to government information and holding the government accountable. In 2019, he said that lack of information was responsible for the spread of misinformation. He linked access to information to citizens human rights in 2020. On 8 March 2022, Ahmed ruled in favor of Saad Hammadi, human rights and

Amnesty International Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and sup ...

activist, who sought information from Bangladesh police regarding cases filed under

Digital Security Act The Digital Security Act, 2018 is a digital security law in Bangladesh. This act was passed with the aim of preventing the spread of racism; sectarianism; extremism; terrorist propaganda; and hatred against religious or ethnic minorities through soc ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmed, Martuza Living people Bangladeshi civil servants Chief Information Commissioners of Bangladesh Year of birth missing (living people)