Kazi Golam Rahman
Kazi Golam Rahman | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police | |
| In office 25 April 1983 – 17 April 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Golam Morshed |
| Succeeded by | A. F. Kabir |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation | Police officer |
Kazi Golam Rahman is a retired secretary and Bangladeshi police officer who served as the Commissioner of Chittagong Metropolitan Police from 25 April 1983 to 17 April 1985.[1] He is the president of the Board of Trustees of Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh.[2][3] He is a former Director General of the National Security Intelligence.[3]
Early life
Rahman belongs to the distinguished Kazi family of Feni District.[4] His elder brother, Kazi Fazlur Rahman, was a top-ranking civil servant.[4] Another brother, Kazi Afzalur Rahman, was a career diplomat with the foreign services of Pakistan and Bangladesh and later became a Senior Economic Affairs Analyst at the United Nations Secretariat in New York.[4] His nephew, Kazi Sabeel Rahman, is the first American of Bangladeshi heritage to win the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship.[4]
Rahman did an M.Com. degree before joining the East Pakistan Police service as an Assistant Superintendent of Police.[5]
Career
On 25 April 1983, Rahman was appointed commissioner of the Chittagong Metropolitan Police, replacing Golam Morshed.[6] He served as commissioner till 17 April 1985 before being replaced by A. F. Kabir.[6] He then served as the Deputy Inspector General of Police of the Railway Range of the Bangladesh Police.[7]
In 1988, Rahman was the Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Programme Budget of the World Health Organization.[8] He served as the chairman of the Bangladesh Power Development Board.[9] He served as the managing director of Jiban Bima Corporation.[10] He served as the secretary of the Special Affairs Division of the Prime Minister's Office.[11]
References
- ^ Near East/South Asia Report. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1984. p. 80.
- ^ "Hamdard founder remembered". daily-sun. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
- ^ a b "Kazi Golam Rahman – Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh". Retrieved 2025-05-02.
- ^ a b c d Ahmed, Fakhruddin (14 January 2005). "The first Bangladeshi American Rhodes scholar!". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ The East Bengal Civil List. East Bengal Government Press,. 1967. p. 433.
- ^ a b "Chattogram Metropolitan Police". www.cmp.gov.bd. Retrieved 2025-05-01.
- ^ Relaoẏe, Bāṃlādeśa (1985). Information Book. Chief Planning Officer, Bangladesh Railway. p. 101.
- ^ Asia, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East (1988). The Work of WHO in the South-East Asia Region: Annual Report of the Regional Director. WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia. pp. xxvii.
- ^ Daily Report: China. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1994. p. 12.
- ^ Quality of Public Investment in Bangladesh: An Annexure to Independent Review of Bangladesh's Development, 1996. Centre for Policy Dialogue. 1997. pp. xxi. ISBN 978-984-05-1412-0.
- ^ ICIMOD Newsletter for Sustainable Development in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas. International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development. 2000.