Full Name: Dr. Saadat Husain

Affiliation: Former Cabinet Secretary & Former Chairman BPSC

Current Position: Deceased

Date of Birth: November 24, 1946

Date of Death: April 22, 2020

Place of Birth: Bangladesh

Home District: Noakhali

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Background:

Dr. Saadat Husain(24 November 1946 - 22 April 2020) was a Bangladeshi bureaucrat and the 9th chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC), one of the country's leading constitutional bodies.  He also served as the Chief of the Bangladesh Civil Service and as the Cabinet Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh.

Dr. Husain studied economics at Dhaka University. He earned a PhD in economics from Boston University in the United States. His doctoral thesis was on Performance Evaluation of some Public Enterprises (Sugar Mills) in Bangladesh.

Dr. Husain was the General Secretary, student government (union) of Salimullah Muslim Hall, Dhaka University. He is a life member and the President of Bangladesh Society for Training and Development (BSTD). He is a Wood Badge Scout. He was awarded the highest honour of scouting, the Silver Tiger for his outstanding contribution to scouting movement.

At the end of Husain's educational career, he passed the competitive examination of Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) in 1969. Before joining his first civil service position as the Sub-Divisional officer (SDO) of Jamalpur Sub-division in 1972, he received administrative training in the Civil Service Academy, Lahore and actively participated in Bangladesh liberation war

Dr. Husain worked in important civil service positions including Director, Civil Officers Training Academy; General Manager, Bangladesh Krishi Bank; Director General Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD); Registrar, Co-operative Societies of Bangladesh; Director General, Bangladesh Television and Radio Bangladesh; Director General, BCS (Admin.) Academy, Joint Secretary (Export), Ministry of Commerce and Additional Secretary of Economic Relations Division (ERD), Government of Bangladesh. He was the Secretary, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, Secretary of Internal Resources Division and Chairman, National Board of Revenue, Secretary, Primary and Mass Education, Secretary, Ministry of Education, Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. He held the post of the Cabinet Secretary, the highest civil service position in the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

Dr. Husain has been actively involved in many socio-organizational activities. He was the Director, governing body of Grameen Bank; Chairman Bangladesh Cooperative Bank, Director, International Finance and Investment Company (IFIC); Founder-Chairman, Co-operative General Insurance and chairman Ansar-VDP Bank. He was a member, board of governors of Security and Exchange Commission, Bangladesh, Director, board of governors of Bangladesh Bank.

Dr. Husain retired from the Bangladesh Civil Service while serving as the Cabinet Secretary for the period of 2002–2005. He was appointed Chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission on May 9, 2007 and held the office until November 23, 2011

Books:

1. Muktijuddher din dinanto (Days of the War of Liberation) based on his experience of the War of Liberation, published by Maula Brothers in 2012.
2. Issues in Training and Development based on socio-economic conditions and the role of training in governance in Bangladesh, published by New Age Publications, 2002.

 

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