Muhammad Abdul Mazid
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Muhammad Abdul Mazid is a retired secretary and former chairman of the National Board of Revenue.[1] He is a former chairman of the Chittagong Stock Exchange. He is the chief coordinator of the Bangladesh Diabetic Samity.[2]
Early life
Mazid was born on 12 July 1953 in Shatkhira District, East Bengal, Pakistan.[3] He did his bachelor's and master's in English literature at the University of Dhaka.[4][5] He completed his PhD in social science.[4]
Career
From 1974 to 1980, Mazid worked at Bangladesh Bank.[3]
Mazid joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1981 as an Audit and Accounts cadre.[4]
From 1994 to 2000, Mazid was the commercial counselor at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Japan.[4]
On 22 October 2007, Mazid was appointed the chairman of the National Board of Revenue replacing Badiur Rahman.[6] Rahman resigned from government service following his transfer to the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management before his term had ended.[7]
Mazid served till 8 April 2009 as chairman of the National Board of Revenue and was replaced by Nasiruddin Ahmed.[6] He was appointed an officer on special duty at the Ministry of Public Administration.[8]
Mazid joined the Bangladesh Diabetic Samity as chief coordinator in December 2010.[9] In February 2014, he was elected chairman of the Chittagong Stock Exchange.[10] He was appointed a director of the exchange by Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission.[11] He launched a new logo for the exchange.[12]
Mazid is a director of the Centre for Governance Studies.[13] He was appointed an advisor of the International Business Forum of Bangladesh in 2023.[14] He is an advisor of A K Khan & Company.[5]