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Md. Aftar Uddin ( born 2nd February, 1944) was a former bureaucrat of Bangladesh who served to the Government of Bangladesh. He is a Freedom Fighter and served in the Zonal Administrative Council of East Zone, Mujibnagar, Dharmanagar, Tripura during the Liberation War. Mr. Uddin retired from Government Service as an Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.

Md.Aftar Uddin was born on 2nd February, 1944 in a notable muslim family of Nalbohor village of Beanibazar Upazila Under Sylhet District, Assam Province, British India. His Father late Tajamul Ali and Mother Late Ms. Sharija Khanam. His father was residing at South Sagornal village of Juri upazila under Moulvibazar district on professional ground and later on settled here. Md. Aftar Uddin spent his childhood there and received his primary education from Primary School of Sagornal Tea Estate. After completion of junior high school education at Phultala Bashir Ullah Junior High School, he passed Matriculation Examination from Juri High School, as a student of first regular batch, in the year 1960. He passed I.Sc examination from Sylhet M.C.College in 1962 and obtained B.Sc.(Honors in Chemistry) degree and M.Sc (Specialised in Applied Chemistry) degree from Dhaka University in the years 1965 and 1966 respectively. After obtaining M.Sc degree, he served as an honorary Science Teacher in Phultala Bashir Ullah Junior High School upto October, 1969.

In 1969, he joined the government service as a Deputy Magistrate & Deputy Collector in the erstwhile East Pakistan Civil Service Executive Class-1 Cadre. In 1971,while serving as an Assistant Commissioner in Comilla District, liberation war was started when he revolt and went to India to join liberation war. He served as staff Officer in the Zonal Administrative Council of East Zone, situated at Dharmanagar of Tripura. After liberation, he came back to his previous post and served as Assistant Commissioner in Comilla District, Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) Kushtia Sadar Sub Division, Kushtia District, Senior Scale Section Officer & Assistant Financial Adviser,  Ministry of Finance. Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Comilla District, Senor Scale Section Officer,  Ministry of Land. Additional Deputy Commissioner, (General, Revenue & Development) Khulna, Deputy Commissioner in Netrakona and Comilla District(CC), Director (Planning) Rajshahi Division Development Board (RDDB), Deputy Secretary (Co-ordination) Office of the Commissioner of Rajshahi Division, Chief Executive Officer Rajshahi Development Authority (RDA) Rajshahi, Member, Bangladesh Sericulture Board, Rajshahi, Director, Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation (BTMC), Member (Planning), RAJUK (Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha), Member, Administrative Appeal Tribunal, Bangladesh and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs. On 1st February 2002 Md. Aftar Uddin retired from Government Service as Additional Home Secretary. After his retirement, he served for 3 years as a consultant in the International Organizations viz. UNDP & FAO. Among his publications is Bangladesh FIVIMS Manual of Operations, published by FAO.

He was associated with establishment, development and obtaining gov't recognition of Sagornal High School which is now a model institution in Juri Upazila. He served as President of the Managing Committee of the institution for a long period. He was associated with reconstruction of Sagornal Shahi Idgah and development of Juri-Phultala Road and local roads at Sagornal and with other social welfare works to the best of his abilities. On 4th March, 1971, Md. Aftar Uddin was married with Ms.Neela Aftar Pakon. He has one son and one daughter. His son Kayser Ahmed is an M.B.A. from North London University and has been serving in London under British Civil Service. His daughter Sumi Aftar Banya is wife of an Army Officer and now residing in Dhaka. It is regrettable that after passing a happy conjugal life of 40 years, his wife Neela Aftar Pakon suffered a premature death on 28th April,2011 due to illness. She was always a source of inspiration in all spheres of his life. Now a days Md. Aftar Uddin passing his lonely days in his own flat at Dhaka.