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Kazi Habibul Awal: New CEC, Here’s Full Wiki, News and More

Kazi Habibul Awal Full Wiki, Net Worth, More: President Md Abdul Hamid declared the new CEC of the new Election Commission (EC) on February 26, 2022. After that, a name trended on Bangladeshi People. People are using social media, various search engines to know the latest news regarding this.

According to the official notification of the Cabinet Division, the government has appointed Kazi Habibul Awal as a new chief election commissioner (CEC). President Md Abdul Hamid declared the on Saturday along with four Election Commissioners (EC). People are very excited to know the full wiki of Kazi Habibul Awal, the newly appointed CEC.

Who is Kazi Habibul Awal?

Currently, a name came into the trending topic after being declared the list of CEC, ECs of the Bangladesh Election Commission. Lakhs of people are searching online to know who is he and what is his background?

As per the recent news, Kazi Habibul Awal was born on January 21, 1956. He received LL.B (Hons.) in 1976 and LL.M in 1978 from Dhaka University.

Kazi Habibul Awal, a law professor at BRAC University and former senior secretary Ministry of Defence. On March 3, 2014, he joined the Ministry of Defence as Secretary. After that, on December 1st, 2014, he was appointed as Senior Secretary at the same ministry. On January 20, 2015, he retired from the Ministry of Defence.

Later, he was reappointed in the Ministry of Defence as Senior Secretary on January 21, 2015.

According to bracu.ac.bd, he received LL.B (Hons.) in 1976 from Dhaka University and LL.M in 1978 from the same university. He obtained a Certificate of Enrollment as an Advocate from Bangladesh Bar Council in 1980 and became a member of the Dhaka District Bar Association.

He appeared in the Bangladesh Civil Service (Judicial) Competitive Examination of 1981 conducted by the Public Service Commission and qualified for appointment in the judicial Service.  He joined as Munsif (Assistant Judge) in 1981. He was regularly promoted to the next higher positions of the service and was finally promoted to the post of District and Sessions Judge in 1997.

He also worked as Secretary, Bangladesh Law Commission, Chairman, Labour Court and Project Director of Bangladesh Legal and Judicial Capacity Building Project. Kazi Habibul Awal also worked on deputation in the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs as Assistant Secretary and Deputy Secretary.

He was appointed as Joint Secretary in the Legislative Drafting Wing of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs in December 2000. He was appointed Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Law in 2004.  Thereafter he was appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on 28 June 2007, and served in that position up to 17 December 2009.

He was appointed as Secretary in the Ministry of Religious Affairs on 24 April 2010 and served in that position before joining the Ministry of Defence.

 During his 34 year-long service career, Kazi Habibul Awal attended a six-month-long international training course on Legal and Legislative Drafting held in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1986 financed by the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK.

He attended various international workshops, seminars and conferences in USA, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Pakistan, Germany, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Nepal, Canada, UK, Japan, France, Norway, Sweden, Ghana, South Korea, Philippines, Hong Kong.

Kazi Habibul Awal is often invited by different organisations to attend and speak as a resource person. Such organisations include National Defence College, Police Staff College, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Center (BPATC), Foreign Service Training Academy, Judicial Service Training Institute, etc. Source: https://www.bracu.ac.bd/about/people/mr-kazi-habibul-awal

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