EC reconstituted, ex-secretary Nasir Uddin appointed as CEC

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has appointed former secretary AMM Nasir Uddin as new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC).

The President also appointed four other election commissioners.

Separated notifications signed by Cabinet Secretary Dr Sheikh Abdur Rashid were issued on Thursday (November 21) to finalize the appointments of the chief election commissioner and four other commissioners.

The four election commissioners are former additional secretary Md Anwarul Islam Sarker, former district and sessions judge Abdur Rahman Masud, former joint secretary Begum Tahmida Ahmed and Brigadier General (Retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah.

Earlier, the interim government formed a six-member search committee on October 29 to reconstitute the EC. The search committee submitted a list of 10 names to the president’s office on Wednesday (November 20).