Aziz was the Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Establishment and officer on special duty in 2003 when he was promoted in August.^[2]

In 2005, Aziz was promoted to the rank of Secretary while serving as the acting secretary at the Ministry of Water Resources.^[3]^[4]

Aziz was the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture.^[3] He had served as a member of the Bangladesh Planning Commission.^[3]

Aziz was appointed the Cabinet Secretary on 28 November 2008 replacing Ali Imam Majumder under Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed of the caretaker government.^[3] He also served under the next government under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.^[5] He served as the chairman of the Superior Selection Board which promoted a large number of bureaucrats beyond the number of vacancies resulting in the creation of officers on special duty.^[6] Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia filed a contempt of court petition against Aziz and other government officials following her eviction from her residence in Dhaka Cantonment.^[7]

Aziz served contractually as the Cabinet Secretary after his retirement.^[8] In October 2011, M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan replaced Aziz as the Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh.^[9] In February 2012, his name was considered for the Commissioner of the Election Commission.^[10]

Aziz is a senior advisor to the ASA.^[11]

Career

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