K. M. Abdus Salam

In 1989, Salam joined the Bangladesh Civil Servic as a cadre of the admin branch.^[5]

Salam was the secretary of the Rajshahi City Corporation.^[5] He was a director of the prime minister's office under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.^[5]

Salam was the director general of the NGO Affairs Bureau from 2018 to 2020.^[6][7] He worked on coordination between non-government organizations working with the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.^[8]

In 2021, Salam was the secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.^[9] He had to ensure garment workers could work during the lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh and had himself caught COVID-19.^[10][11] In July 2021, he provided compensation to workers affected by the Hashem Foods factory fire.^[12][13]

On 28 July 2021, he was appointed secretary of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat replacing Zafar Ahmed Khan.^[14][15] He was promoted to senior secretary and reappointed in his position in September 2022 on a one-year contractual appointment.^[14][16] He was a member of the Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments.^[17] He administered the oath ceremony of members of parliament Pran Gopal Datta and Nilufar Anjum.^[18][19] He administered the oath of members of parliament Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, AKM Rezaul Karim Tansen, Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Md Abdul Wadud, Md Ziaur Rahman, and Ragebul Ahsan.^[20] He and Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, speaker of the parliament, had to declare the seat of Md. Anwarul Azim Anar vacant after he was killed in India.^[21] He face complications with the process as the body of the lawmaker had not been recovered.^[22] He administered the oath of Mohammad A. Arafat.^[23]

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League, Salam's contractual appointed as senior secretary of the Bangladesh Parliament Secretariat was terminated on 15 August 2024.^[24]