Md Anwarul Islam Sarker
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| name = Md. Anwarul Islam Sarker
| native_name = মোঃ আনোয়ারুল ইসলাম সরকার
| image = Md Anwarul Islam Sarker, Election Commissioners of Bangladesh 2024 (cropped).jpg
| caption= Sarker in 2024
| office = Election Commissioner of Bangladesh
| president =
| primeminister = Muhammad Yunus {{small|(acting)}}
| alongside = Abdur Rahmanel Masud, Tahmida Ahmed, Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah
| predecessor = Anisur Rahman
| successor =
| term_start = 22 November 2024
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| birth_place = East Pakistan
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| profession = Civil Servant
| spouse =
| nationality = Bangladeshi
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Md Anwarul Islam Sarker is a Bangladeshi former civil servant and incumbent Election Commissioner of Bangladesh.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-21 |title=Ex-secretary AMM Nasir Uddin made new CEC |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/govt-forms-election-commission-amm-nasir-uddin-cec-998931 |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}{{cite news |title=New CEC hopeful to conduct free, fair polls |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/english/national/news/bd/161641.details |work=banglanews24.com |date=21 November 2024 |language=en}}
Career
Sarker retired from the Bangladesh Civil Service as an additional secretary.{{Cite web |last= |title=Bangladesh appoints five-member Election Commission led by AMM Nasir Uddin |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/f11e8c339b43 |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Bdnews24.com |language=en}}
Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Sarker was appointed Commissioner of the Bangladesh Election Commission by the Muhammad Yunus led interim government in November 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-24 |title=New CEC, election commissioners to be sworn in today |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/elections/news/new-cec-election-commissioners-be-sworn-today-3759966 |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}
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Category:Election Commissioners of Bangladesh
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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