Md. Abu Bakr Siddique

Md. Abu Bakr Siddique is the former secretary of the Ministry of Education in charge of the Secondary and Higher Education Division. He was the former Chairman of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation. He was the Secretary of the Bridges Division. He served in the Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Career
Siddique joined the 9th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service administration cadre in 1991.

In 2015, Siddique was the personal officer to the Secretary of the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges. He was part of the inauguration run of the Dhaka to Agartala bus service.

Siddique was appointed the Chairman of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation in October 2020. He replaced Md Shamsul Rahman as chairman. He was the additional secretary of the Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs responsible for Political and ICT affairs.

In May 2021, Siddique was appointed the secretary of the Bridges Division of the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges. He was appointed the Director of the Bangladesh Bridge Authority.

Siddique was appointed Secretary of the Ministry of Education in January 2022. After his appointment, Siddique paid tribute to the founder of Bangladesh, President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum. Siddique led a team of the Ministry of Education in September 2022 to visit various universities in the Netherlands. He is the chairman of the Government Mohammadpur Model School & College. He was succeeded by Suleman Khan in January 2023.