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Mahbub Hossain appointed as new Cabinet Secretary

The government has appointed the Senior Secretary of Energy and Mineral Resources Division Md Mahbub Hossain as the new Cabinet Secretary.   

The Public Administration Ministry issued a gazette notification in this regard on Tuesday.

Mahbub Hossain joined as Senior Secretary, Energy and Mineral Resources Division on 02 January last year. Before joining in this Division he served as Secretary, Secondary and Higher Education Division from 31 December 2019 to 01 January 2022.

He joined in civil service on 20 December 1989. 

Mahbub Hossain completed his SSC from Barishal Residential Model College (presently Barishal Cadet College) in 1979, HSC from Barishal BM College in 1981, BSS and MSS in Sociology from the University of Dhaka in 1984 and 1985 respectively. 

After joining the civil service, he obtained MBA from the University of North London, United Kingdom in 2001 and MA (Gender and Development) from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 2007.

On December 11 last year, the government appointed Kabir Bin Anwar as the 23rd Cabinet Secretary.