Anisur Rahman (election commissioner)
{{Short description|Election Commissioner of Bangladesh}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Anisur Rahman
| native_name = আনিছুর রহমান
| native_name_lang = bn
| image =
| office = Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
| term_start = 26 February 2022
| term_end = 5 September 2024
| president = Abdul Hamid
| primeminister = Sheikh Hasina
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|12|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| spouse =
| alma_mater = University of Dhaka
| profession = Civil servant
| predecessor = Md Anwarul Islam Sarker
}}
Anisur Rahman (born 31 December 1962) is a Bangladeshi former civil servant and a former Election Commissioner of Bangladesh.{{cite news |title=CEC, 4 election commissioners resign |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/cec-4-election-commissioners-resign-934011 |work=The Business Standard |date=5 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240905062932/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/cec-4-election-commissioners-resign-934011 |archive-date=2024-09-05 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Kazi Habibul Awal, a law professor and former secretary, is the new chief of Election Commission |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/kazi-habibul-awal-a-law-professor-and-former-secretary-is-the-new-chief-of-election-commission |work=bdnews24.com |date=26 February 2022 |access-date=26 February 2022}}{{Cite news |script-title=bn:নতুন সিইসি হচ্ছেন কাজী হাবিবুল আউয়াল |language=bn |work=BBC News বাংলা |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/news-60538322 |access-date=2022-02-28}}
Early life and education
Rahman was born on 31 December 1962 in Shariatpur. He passed SSC from Chandpur Hasan Ali Government High School and HSC from Chandpur Government College and obtained his bachelor's and master's degree from Dhaka University.{{Cite news |script-title=bn:জ্বালানি ও খনিজ সম্পদ সচিব হিসেবে মো. আনিছুর রহমানের যোগদান |url=https://mzamin.com/article.php?mzamin=207198 |access-date=2022-02-28 |work=Manab Zamin |language=bn}}{{Cite web |script-title=bn:নাব মোঃ আনিছুর রহমান, সিনিয়র সচিব |url=https://emrd.gov.bd/site/office_head/9ceb357c-b636-4db1-8652-24c8c14312ac/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201209015709/https://emrd.gov.bd/site/office_head/9ceb357c-b636-4db1-8652-24c8c14312ac/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC |archive-date=December 9, 2020 |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=Bangladesh National Portal}}
Career
Anisur joined the civil service on 15 February 1988 as a member of the 1985 batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service administration cadre.
During Rahman's career he served in various levels of administration including assistant commissioner, upazila executive officer, additional district magistrate and various duties in upazila and district. He held various posts in the Cabinet Department, Local Government Department, Finance Department, Ministry of Home Affairs, and Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.
Rahman was the secretary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs from April 4, 2018 to January 4, 2020. He joined the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources as secretary on 5 January 2020 and has been the senior secretary since 27 January 2020.{{Cite news |date=2020-10-24 |script-title=bn:জ্বালানি ও খনিজ সম্পদ বিভাগের কাজে গতি বাড়ার নেপথ্যে |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/power-fuel/news/bd/819714.details |access-date=2022-02-28 |work=banglanews24.com |language=bn}}
Rahman retired on 31 December 2021 as senior secretary. He was appointed as the Election Commissioner on 26 February 2022.{{Cite news |date=2022-02-26 |script-title=bn:কাজী হাবিবুল আউয়ালের নেতৃত্বে নতুন নির্বাচন কমিশন |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/914639.details |access-date=2022-02-28 |work=Banglanews24.com |language=bn}}