Kazi Fazlur Rahman
Kazi Fazlur Rahman | |
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কাজী ফজলুর রহমান | |
| Adviser for Irrigation, Forest, Environment, Fisheries and Livestock | |
| In office 17 December 1990 – 15 March 1991 | |
| President | Mohammed Shahabuddin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1932 |
| Died | 13 December 2025 (aged 93) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| Alma mater | |
| Awards | Independence Award (2026) |
Kazi Fazlur Rahman (1 November 1932 – 13 December 2025)[1] was a Bangladeshi career bureaucrat and adviser, with the rank of minister, of Shahabuddin Ahmed interim government.[2] He was in charge of the Ministry of Irrigation, Forest, Environment, Fisheries and Livestock.[3] He was a trustee of Gono University.[4] In 2026, he was posthumously awarded Independence Award, the highest civilian honour of Bangladesh.[5]
Early life and career
Rahman was born in Feni District, Bengal Presidency on 1 November 1932.[6] He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in statistics from the University of Dhaka by 1953. He then got his master's in public administration from the Graduate School of Public Administration (now Kennedy School of Government), Harvard University in 1962.[1]
Rahman joined the Central Superior Service of Pakistan.[6]
Personal life and death
Rahman's brother, Kazi Golam Rahman, was a senior police officer, and another brother, Kazi Afzalur Rahman, was a diplomat.[6] His nephew, Kazi Sabeel Rahman is a professor of law at Cornell Law School.[6][7]
Rahman died on 13 December 2025, at the age of 93.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae : Mr KaziFazlur Rahman". unesdoc.unesco.org. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
- ^ "Rahman, Kazi Fazlur". oralhistory.worldbank.org. Oral History. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ^ "Board of Trustees – Gono Bishwabidyalay". Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Khaleda Zia, 14 individuals and 5 institutions to receive Independence Award". Prothom Alo. 5 March 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ a b c d Ahmed, Fakhruddin (14 January 2005). "The first Bangladeshi American Rhodes scholar!". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
- ^ "K. Sabeel Rahman". Demos. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Eminent civil servant Kazi Fazlur Rahman passes away". Daily Sun. Retrieved 16 December 2025.