Mohammad Salah Uddin

Mohammad Salah Uddin is a Bangladeshi civil servant and former Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.^[1] He was an independent director of British American Tobacco.^[2] He was a director of Saudi-Bangladesh Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company Limited. He was a director of Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited.

He was a director of Infrastructure Development Company and Grameen Bank. He is the former private secretary-1 to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.^[3][4] He is the former deputy commissioner of Dhaka District.^[5] He is the former deputy commissioner of Panchagarh District.^[6]

Early life

Uddin did his master's degree in philosophy from the University of Dhaka.^[7]

Career

Uddin joined the Bangladesh Civil Service on 25 April 1994.^[7] He was the Assistant Commissioner (Land) of Gazipur District and Tangail District.^[7] He served as the Upazila Nirbahi Officer in Gaibandha District and Natore District.^[7] He was appointed the deputy commissioner of Panchagarh District from deputy secretary of Ministry of Industries in April 2013.^[8] He met with tea garden owners and factory owners to settle a price dispute on green tea leaves.^[9] He was present at the opening of the immigration center at Tetulia in February 2016.^[10] He was transferred to Dhaka in 2016.^[11]

Uddin was the deputy commissioner of Dhaka District.^[7] As deputy commissioner, he moderated a hearing of the Anti-Corruption Commission on Bangladesh Road Transport Authority in May 2016.^[12] Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians submitted a memorandum to him demanding the government release former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in February 2018.^[13]

Uddin was the personal secretary-1 to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from January 2020.^[14][15][16] He is the former director general of the Prime Minister's Office.^[7]

Uddin was appointed secretary to the Prime Minister's Office on 8 December 2022.^[15]He is a director of Biman since 2023. He is an independent director of British American Tobacco since 25 January 2023.^[7] He is a director of Saudi-Bangladesh Industrial and Agricultural Investment Company Limited.^[17] He is a director of Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited.^[18] He is a director of Infrastructure Development Company.^[19] He is a director of Grameen Bank.^[20] He is a director of Hotels International Limited.^[21] After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government he was made an officer on special duty.^[22]