Md Sohorab Hossain is a retired Bangladeshi Civil Servant and currently serving as the Chairperson of the

Bangladesh Public Service Commission Bangladesh Public Service Commission ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সরকারী কর্ম কমিশন) is a quasi judicial constitutional body established in 1972. The commission is responsible for the recruitment of civil service se ...

. He is a former Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Education.

Early life

Hossain was born in 1961 in

Chatkhil Upazila Chatkhil ( bn, চাটখিল) is an upazila of Noakhali District in the Division of Chittagong, Bangladesh. It is bounded by Laksham and Shahrasti Upazila on the north, Lakshmipur Sadar Upazila on the south, Begumganj Upazila on the east, a ...

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, East Pakistan, Pakistan. He completed his bachelor's degree and masters in Bengali language and literature from the

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Career

Hossain joined the admin cadre of Bangladesh Civil Service in 1984 and after training started working as an Assistant Commissioner in 1986. He took Military Orientation Training Course at

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in Bhatiary. Hossain was appointed the Secretary of the Secondary and Higher Education Division on 6 December 2016. In May 2018, Hossain chaired a meeting of the National Curriculum Coordination Committee. He later served as the Secretary at the Ministry of Education and retired on 31 December 2019. Hossain served as the Bangladesh Civil Service (Admin) Academy as its rector. In September 2020, Hossain was appointed the Chairperson of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission for a five-year term. He replaced Mohammad Sadique as Chairperson of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission. In February 2022, Hossain served as a member of the Election Commission

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Personal life

Hossain is married to Dr. Mahmuda Yasmin, a professor of the University of Dhaka. The couple is blessed with a daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hossain, Mohammed Living people Bangladeshi civil servants University of Dhaka alumni 1961 births People from Noakhali District