Kabir Bin Anwar

Kabir Bin Anwar (born 4 January 1964) is a retired Bangladeshi civil servant. He was the 23rd Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh Government, serving for a short period of time from 15 December 2022 until he went to post-retirement leave on 3 January 2023. Prior to that, he was Senior Secretary of the Ministry of Water Resources. Kabir is the chairperson of the Board of Directors of Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services. He was the 28th President of Bangladesh Administrative Service Association. He is the chairperson of non-profit Issabela foundation, named after his mother.

Early life
Kabir was born on 1 January 1964 in Sirajganj District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. Kabir's mother was Syeda Issabela, a notable writer. He finished his schooling at Dhaka Residential Model College. He completed his LLB and Masters in political science from the University of Dhaka.

Career
Kabir joined Bangladesh Civil Service in 1985 as an assistant commissioner of administration cadre.

Kabir had served as the First Secretary at the Embassy of Bangladesh in The Hague, The Netherlands. In 2015 and 2016, Kabir was Project Director of a2i Programme. In 2015, he received an award from World Summit on the Information Society for the project in May 2015. He had been the Director General of Administration at the Prime Minister's Office.

On 22 March 2018, Kabir was appointed the Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources and the chairperson of the Board of Directors of Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services from the Prime Minister's Office. He was promoted to the rank of Senior Secretary on 22 June 2020. He was the President of the National Committee for the Development of Bangladesh Scouts and was awarded the "Silver Tiger" medal by the scouts on 6 December 2020.

Kabir was elected as the President of Bangladesh Administrative Service Association at the annual general meeting and replaced the outgoing president Helal Uddin Ahmed. He spoke at the Climate Adaptation Summit in 2021. Kabir was the chairperson of Institute of Water Modelling. On 17 March 2021, he met the Water resource secretary of India, Shri Pankaj Kumar, to discuss water resource issues between the two countries. He provided food to people in Sirajganj District on 24 April 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. On 25 June 2021, he signed a performance agreement with AKM Wahed Uddin Chowdhury, Director General of Bangladesh Water Development Board. Kabir called for the arrest of Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah, the then mayor of Barishal City Corporation and nephew of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, following an altercation between the Barishal Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Munibur Rahman and employees of the Barishal City Corporation in August. He was appointed as the 23rd cabinet secretary on effect from 15 December 2022 and retired just after 19 days.

Political career
On 10 January 2024, Kabir formally joined Bangladesh Awami League. Awami League President, prime minister Sheikh Hasina handed over the primary membership form to him at Ganabhaban.