Md Mustafizur Rahman

Md Mustafizur Rahman is a retired secretary of the Bangladesh Ministry of Home Affairs. He is the former secretary of the Ministry of Land.

Early life
Rahman was born on 25 May 1964 in Khulna District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. He graduated from Saint Joseph's High School, Khulna. He completed his bachelor's degree from Government BL College in 1981. He completed his master's degree at the University of Rajshahi in physics.

Career
Rahman joined the Bangladesh Civil Service on 11 December 1991 as an admin cadre. He was appointed an assistant commissioner in the office of the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner.

Rahman served as the Assistant Commissioner of Faridpur District and Jessore District. He was the Deputy Commissioner of Moulvibazar District.

As Deputy Commissioner of Jessore District from 1 August 2011 to 01 July 2014, Rahman led digitalization of government services in the district. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared Jessore the first digital district of Bangladesh. He was the project director of Aspire to Innovate program of the Prime Minister's Office.

From 6 July 2019 to 7 January 2020, Rahman was the Sylhet Division Commissioner. He was then appointed Commissioner of Dhaka Division.

On 31 December 2020, Rahman was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Land replacing Senior Secretary Md Muksodur Rahman Patwary.

In 2022, Rahman was awarded the Bangabandhu Public Administration Award for his role in establishing the Land Information Bank as the secretary of the Ministry of Land. He made a number of digital services available at the Ministry of Land.

On 2 April 2023, Rahman was appointed the Secretary of the Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs. He was promoted to Senior Secretary in May one day before his retirement date which was postponed. In May 2023, his service was extended by one year. He went to Tungipara to pay his respects to the mausoleum of former President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after his appointment where he organized special prayers for the well-being of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He ordered the suspension of Additional Deputy Commissioner Harun or Rashid of Dhaka Metropolitan Police for assaulting central leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League in custody at Shahbagh police station.

Rahman is a member of the governing body of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority. He is a member of the governing body of the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies. He retired from his active job on 25 May, 2024.