Mohammad Javed Patwary

Mohammad Javed Patwary is a Bangladeshi retired police officer and a former Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police . Earlier, he served as Additional Inspector General of Police Special Branch (SB).^[3] After his retirement in 2020, he was appointed the ambassador to Saudi Arabia by the Government of Bangladesh.^[4][5][6]

Mohammad Javed Patwary
মোহাম্মদ জাবেদ পাটোয়ারী
12th Ambassador of Bangladesh to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
In office 22 August 2020 – 15 August 2024[1]
President	Abdul Hamid Mohammed Shahabuddin
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina Muhammad Yunus (acting)[2]
Preceded by	Golam Moshi
Succeeded by	Md. Delwar Hossain
27th Inspector General of Bangladesh Police
In office 31 January 2018 – 15 April 2020
President	Abdul Hamid
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	A. K. M. Shahidul Haque
Succeeded by	Benazir Ahmed
8th Chief Executive of Criminal Investigation Department
In office 19 February 2008 – 16 March 2009
Appointed by	Minister of Home Affairs
Preceded by	Phani Bhoushon Choudhury
Succeeded by	Syed Shahzaman Raj
Personal details
Born	(1961-04-15) April 15, 1961 (age 64) Chandpur District, East Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Alma mater	University of Dhaka Jahangirnagar University
Awards	Bangladesh Police Medal (Bravery) – BPM President Police Medal (Bravery) – PPM IGP’s Exemplary Good Service Badge
Notable work	Addl. Inspector General for CID Police Commissioner of Rajshahi Police Commissioner of Khulna Chief of Special Branch, the premier Intelligence Agency of Bangladesh
Police career
Unit	Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Khulna Metropolitan Police
Allegiance	Bangladesh
Department	Crime Investigation Department
Branch	Bangladesh Police
Service years	1986–2018
Status	Retired
Rank	IGP
Website	Official website

Early life and education

Patwary was born on 15 April 1961 and grew up in Mandary Village, Sadar upazila, Chandpur district.^[7] He completed his SSC and HSC from Baburhat high school and Chandpur Govt. College respectively. He earned his bachelor's and master's in social welfare from the University of Dhaka.^[7] He obtained his PhD from the Jahangirnagar University under the Public Administration department.^[7] His research topic was "Combating Terrorism in Bangladesh: Challenges and Prospects".^[7]

Career

Patwary then joined Bangladesh Police as an Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1986^[8] and awarded first merit position in the 6th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS).

Patwary had served in the United Nations Confidence Restoration Operation in Croatia, United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, and United Nations Mission in South Sudan.^[7]

On 26 January 2018, Patwary had been appointed 28th Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh police.^[7] He was serving as the additional inspector general and chief of the Special Branch.^[9] During his time at the Special Branch he collected documents for The Prison Diaries of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman which had pleased Rahman's family members including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.^[10] He preserved documents of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the archies of the Special Branch.^[11]

Patwary was a guest lecturer at the Social Welfare and Research Institute and the Department of Criminology at the University of Dhaka.^[7] He described the 2018 Bangladesh general election as "peaceful".^[12] He was the president of the Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation.^[13]

Patwary retired from police with effect from 15 April 2020. He was replaced by Benazir Ahmed, Director General of Rapid Action Battalion.^[14] On 29 June 2020, he was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia on a three-year contract.^[15] He replaced Golam Moshi, a leader of Jatiya Party, as ambassador.^[16][1]