Office of Chief Administrative Officer

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Office of Chief Administrative Officer ({{Langx|bn|প্রধান প্রশাসনিক কর্মকর্তার কার্যালয়}}) is a specialized department of the Government of Bangladesh under the Ministry of Defence responsible for the recruitment and management of civilian staff in Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, and Bangladesh Air Force.{{cite web |title=Vision and Mission |url=https://dcd.gov.bd/site/page/a950546d-23d4-4dc2-a533-00a3e1bb8bdb/- |website=dcd.gov.bd |access-date=7 March 2024}} It is also accountable for inter-agency cooperation.

History

Azizur Rahman was appointed the Director General of the Office of Chief Administrative Officer on 1 June 1973 and served in that position till 9 March 1983.{{cite web |title=সাবেক মহাপরিচালকগণ |url=https://dcd.gov.bd/site/page/1608b308-16b3-488e-82ea-784eed7c14c7/- |website=dcd.gov.bd |access-date=7 March 2024}} He was replaced by Shahidur Rahman Shaheed.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-21 |title=Former CAO of Defence Ministry, Shahidur Rahman, passes away |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/news/former-cao-defence-ministry-shahidur-rahman-passes-away-3302446 |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}

In February 2018, Ferdous Uddin was appointed Director General of the Office of Chief Administrative Officer.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-18 |title=প্রধান প্রশাসনিক কর্মকর্তার কার্যালয়ে মহাপরিচালক নিয়োগ |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/701957.details |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=banglanews24.com |language=bn}}

It started operations with 12 employees and by 2024 it had around two thousand employees.{{Cite web |title=প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয় |url=https://mod.gov.bd/site/page/d7e972e2-1065-42ee-9a63-3934a8c57de8/http%3A%2F%2Fmod.gov.bd%2Fsite%2Fpage%2Fd7e972e2-1065-42ee-9a63-3934a8c57de8%2F%25E0%25A6%25AA%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A6%25A7%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25A8-%25E0%25A6%25AA%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A6%25B6%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25B8%25E0%25A6%25A8%25E0%25A6%25BF%25E0%25A6%2595-%25E0%25A6%2595%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25AE%25E0%25A6%2595%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25A4%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25B0-%25E0%25A6%2595%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25B0%25E0%25A7%258D%25E0%25A6%25AF%25E0%25A6%25BE%25E0%25A6%25B2%25E0%25A7%259F |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=mod.gov.bd |language=en}}

References

Category:1973 establishments in Bangladesh

Category:Organisations based in Dhaka

Category:Government departments of Bangladesh