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President
  
Shahabuddin Ahmed

President
  
Shahabuddin Ahmed

President
  
Abdur Rahman Biswas

Name
  
A.S.M. Shahjahan

Prime Minister
  
Latifur Rahman

Prime Minister
  
Sheikh Hasina

Prime Minister
  
Khaleda Zia

Role
  
Police officer

A.S.M. Shahjahan is former Adviser of 2001 Non-party interim Caretaker Government of Bangladesh. He was also the 15th Inspector General of Bangladesh Police.

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Early life and education

A.S.M. Shahjahan was born in Begumganj, Noakhali, Bangladesh.

Police career

A.S.M. Shahjahan was the 1st Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on 1 February 1976. He was CID chief twice. He was police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police from January 2, 1991 to October 16, 1991. On July 8, 1992, he became the 15th Inspector General of Police (IGP).

He was senior adviser for Police Reform Program of United Nations Development Programme. It was taken to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Bangladesh Police in joint partnership with UNDP, Department for International Development (DFID) and the European Commission.

2001 Non-party interim Caretaker Government

A.S.M. Shahjahan sworn-in as Adviser which is equivalent to a Cabinet Minister of the non-party Caretaker government in July 15, 2001 by the Honorable President of Bangladesh Shahabuddin Ahmed. He was given the Ministry of Education, Science and ICT.

Writings

Shahjahan regularly writes column in Daily newspaper in both Bangla, and English languages.

Other activities

  • President of Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (Bapa).
  • Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Asia Pacific
  • Members of Transparency International Bangladesh.
  • Chairman of Development Organization of the Rural Poor
  • Member of governing body, Uttara Adhunik Medical College.
  • He was the convocation speaker of the 11th Convocation of the American International University – Bangladesh (AIUB) held in January 30, 2011.
  • He was guest of honor at findings Dissemination Session of the Public Attitude Follow-up Survey organized by the Police Reform Program on 21 August 2009.
  • He addressed the closing ceremony of a three-day training on Effective Media Relations organized by the PRP at BRAC Inn Centre on July 20, 2008.
  • He also addressed the inaugural function of a two-day orientation for the police officers on Gender Sensitivity: Key To Prevent Violence Against Women in Dhaka on September 12, 2007.
  • He was the keynote speaker at a seminar on Necessity of reform of police act for national development, organized by Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad (BUP) at Bangladesh Economic Association office in Dhaka on March 8, 2008.
  • He is the Chief Adviser of Organization for Social Development of Unemployed Youth, a human welfare, employment oriented and non-profitable NGO.
  • He was chief guest at the seminar on National Youth Policy: a way to Employment held on 5 October 2003 at BIAM organized by Youth Employment Summit.

    • References

    A. S. M. Shahjahan Wikipedia
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