Election Commissioners of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের নির্বাচন কমিশনার), publicly referred to as EC, are members of Bangladesh Election Commission, who are bestowed upon the responsibility to arrange and oversee the conduct of free and fair national and regional elections, empowered by the commission.

Article 118 of the Bangladeshi constitution instructs the state to organise an independent agency, which will be free of political and government influences, consisting of one Chief Election Commissioner and four more assisting Election Commissioners with direct approval of the state president.

Appointment and removal

The appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh and other Election Commissioners is made by the president. The Chief Election Commissioner is to act as chairman of the Election Commission of Bangladesh. Under the Constitution the term of office of any Election Commissioner is five years from the date on which he enters upon office. A person who has held office as Chief Election Commissioner is not eligible for appointment in the service of the Republic. Any other Election Commissioner is, on ceasing to hold such office, eligible for appointment as Chief Election Commissioner, but is not eligible for appointment in the service of the Republic.

List

Name Years in Office
Anisur Rahman[1] 26 February 2022 to Present
Md Alamgir[1] 26 February 2022 to Present
Ahsan Habib Khan[1] 26 February 2022 to Present
Rashida Sultana[1] 26 February 2022 to Present
Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury[2] 15 February 2017 to 14 February 2022
Kabita Khanam[2] 15 February 2017 to 14 February 2022
Mahbub Talukder[2] 15 February 2017 to 14 February 2022
Md Rafiqul Islam[2] 15 February 2017 to 14 February 2022
Md. Shah Nawaz 15 February 2012 to 15 February 2017
Brigadier General Md. Zabed Ali (Retd.) 9 February 2012 to 9 February 2017
Mohammad Abu Hafiz 9 February 2012 to 9 February 2017
Mohammad Abdul Mobarak 9 February 2012 to 9 February 2017
Brigadier General Muhammad Sakhawat Hussain ndc,psc (Retd) 14 February 2007 to 14 February 2012
Muhammed Sohul Hussain 5 February 2007 to 5 February 2012
Md. Saiful Alam 27 November 2006 to 31 January 2007
Modabbir Hossain Chowdhury 27 November 2006 to 31 January 2007
Mahmud Hasan Monsur 4 September 2006 to 31 January 2007
S.M. Zakaria 16 January 2006 to 31 January 2007
Justice Mahfuzur Rahman 16 January 2006 to 31 January 2007
M. M. Munsef Ali 19 April 2001 to 19 April 2006
A. K. Mohammad Ali 19 April 2001 to 19 April 2006
Shafiur Rahman 25 June 2000 to 25 June 2005
Mustak Ahmed Chowdhury 16 April 1996 to 16 April 2001
Abidur Rahman 16 April 1996 to 16 April 2001
Justice Md. Abdul Jalil 7 May 1994 to 9 April 1996
Justice Sayad Misbah Uddin Hossain 28 December 1990 to 10 February 1994
Justice Amin-ur-Rahman Khan 16 December 1990 to 25 December 1990
Justice Noyem Uddin Ahmad 16 December 1990 to 4 April 1991
Justice Sultan Hossain Khan 11 January 1987 to 16 February 1987
Abdul Mumit Chowdhury 20 October 1978 to 31 December 1986
Nur Mohammad Khan 7 July 1972 to 7 July 1977

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See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Report, Star Digital (2022-02-27). "New CEC, 4 election commissioners sworn in". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ex-secretary KM Nurul Huda appointed Chief Election Commissioner". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  3. ↑ "Tenure of Election Commissioners". Bangladesh Election Commission. Archived from the original on 17 October 2017.
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