New Election Commission formed with former secy AMM Nasir Uddin as CEC

A new election commission has been formed, headed by former secretary the Ministry of Health and Family Planning AMM Nasir Uddin.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin also appointed four commissioners — retired additional secretary Anwarul Islam Sarkar, retired district and sessions judge Abdur Rahmanel Masud, retired joint secretary Begum Tahmida Ahmed, and Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah.
The Cabinet Division has issued a gazette notification in this regard.
On October 29, the interim government formed a six-member search committee to recommend the names of the new chief election Commissioner (CEC) and other commissioners to the president for appointment.
Nasir was also former information and energy secretary and member of Planning Commission.
BNP and several others parties proposed Nasir and former secretary Shafiqul Islam as the CEC to the search committee.
On September 5, the immediate past Election Commission, led by Kazi Habibul Awal, resigned midway through its five-year tenure. This commission had been sworn in on February 27, 2022.
They resigned one month after Awami League government was ousted on August 5 following a student-led uprising.
The EC has been vacant for more than two and half months, the longest period of vacancy in the history of Bangladesh.