শরণার্থী ত্রাণ ও প্রত্যাবাসন কমিশনার

Mr. Mohammed Mizanur Rahman is an Additional Secretary to the government with a bureaucratic career experience of more than two decades at the Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration). He is the incumbent Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) at Cox’s Bazar, under the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) serving since 18 September 2022. Prior to that, he discharged his duties as an Additional Divisional Commissioner, Chattogram. He also served as the Additional Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner from 2017 to 2020 at his current workplace and collaborated in several significant roles administering the toughest phase of the Rohingya exodus to Bangladesh from Myanmar.

With a genuine patriotic intent to serve his country and countrymen, his career took off in 1998 upon joining the prestigious Bangladesh Civil Service. His wide endeavor spectrum dispersed from the Divisional Commissioner’s Office, Rajshahi as an Assistant Commissioner and Magistrate towards a wide range of positions at different public offices of the field administration.

Mr. Mohammed Mizanur Rahman came of a noble Muslim family from Feni Sadar of Feni District. He obtained his Bachelor and Masters of Arts in English Literature from the University of Chittagong and a Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management from the University of Bedfordshire, UK. He successfully accomplished a training on ICT for Rural Development at NIRD, Hyderabad, India and Mid-Career Training on Field Administration at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy, Mussoorie, India. He also received a fellowship for the Professional Development Program for Mid-Career in Monash University, Australia. In 2018, he collaborated in a workshop on Humanitarian Negotiation in Bangkok, Thailand, arranged by UNHCR. In the same year, he participated as a Panelist in a 3-day conference on Rohingya Crisis at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He also accomplished the Senior Staff Course at BPATC in 2022. He recently contributed in a Seminar on Migration and Refugee Settlement organized by Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada. Mr. Rahman also travelled Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, KSA, Myanmar and Malaysia on several occasions. His travelogue titled ‘Shakespearer Barite Rabindranath (Rabindranath at Shakespeare’s Home)’ was published in 2019. His wife Mrs. Rahela Begum is a homemaker and they are blessed with two offspring.