Golam Md Hasibul Alam

Golam Md Hasibul Alam
Born1964 (age 61–62)
Nilphamari District, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
OccupationsPolitician, civil servant
SpouseSharmin Amin Choudhury

Golam Md Hashibul Alam is a retired Bangladeshi civil servant and former senior secretary of the Ministry of Defence.[1][2]

Early life

Hasibul Alam was born in 1964 in Nilphamari District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[3] He is married to Sharmin Amin Choudhury. He completed his master's in English literature from the University of Dhaka.[3]

Career

Hasibul Alam joined the Bangladesh Civil Service as an administration cadre in 1989 and started as a land commissioner.[3][4] He held a number of field level administration posts including land acquisition officer and upazila nirbahi officer.[3][5] He served as senior assistant secretary at the Economic Relations Division.[3][6] He is a former deputy commissioner (DC) of Patuakhali District in 2011 where he oversaw removal of illegal structures from Kuakata Beach.[3][7]

On 18 December 2013, Hasibul Alam was transferred from officer on special duty to the Economic Relations Division as joint secretary.[3][8]

Hasibul Alam joined the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education as an additional secretary.[3] He worked at International Fund for Agricultural Development as its country resource officer on deputation from the government of Bangladesh.[3] On 25 October 2020, Hasibul Alam was appointed Secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.[9][10] He had been serving as the chairman of the National Skills Development Authority.[11] On 10 February 2021, Alam announced plans to vaccinate all primary school teachers in Bangladesh within one week.[12] In September 2021, numerous media reports alleged officers of the ministry were transferring because of Hasibul Alam's behavior problems.[13] The minister, Md Zakir Hossain, defended Hasibul Alam in a joint press conference with him.[13]

On 13 February 2022, Hasibul Alam was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Defence.[14] He was the chief guest at the World Meteorological Day-2022 summit in Dhaka.[15] He went to retirement in May 2024.

References

  1. ↑ "Defence Secretary Golam Md. Hasibul Alam presides over a meeting organised when the participants in Armed Forces War Course visit the Defence Ministry in the city on Thursday. ISPR photo". The New Nation. Archived from the original on 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  2. ↑ প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়ের সচিব হলেন গোলাম মো. হাসিবুল আলম. Newsbangla24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Golam Md. Hashibul Alam" (PDF). nsda.portal.gov.bd. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Hasibul Alam joins as new Defence Secretary". The Asian Age. Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  5. ↑ প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়ের সচিব হিসেবে যোগ দিলেন গোলাম মো. হাসিবুল আলম. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  6. ↑ প্রতিরক্ষা সচিব হিসেবে যোগ দিলেন হাসিবুল আলম. Bonik Barta (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  7. ↑ "Kuakata beach cleansing drive finally begins". The Daily Star. 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  8. ↑ Chowdhury, Moinul Hoque; Ahmed, Shamim. "16 OSDs get job, 2 Jt Secy made OSD". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  9. ↑ "Primary and Mass Education Ministry gets new secy". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  10. ↑ প্রাথমিক ও গণশিক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়ের সচিব হলেন গোলাম মো. হাসিবুল আলম. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 25 October 2020. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  11. ↑ Harun or Rashid. "Golam Hasibul Alam appointed as Primary and Mass Education Secretary". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). Archived from the original on 2023-09-30. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  12. ↑ "Primary teachers to be vaccinated within 7 days". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  13. 1 2 'আমার সচিব খারাপ নয়, তার কারণে কেউ চলে যায়নি'. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2021-09-06. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  14. ↑ "Hasibul Alam joins as secretary, ministry of defence". The Business Standard. 2022-02-13. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
  15. ↑ "World Meteorological Day-2022". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2022-03-25.