Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh

The chief election commissioner heads the Election Commission of Bangladesh, a body constitutionally empowered to conduct free and fair elections.

Appointment and removal

The appointment of the chief election commissioner of Bangladesh and other election commissioners is made by the president. Under the Constitution the term of office of any election commissioner is five years from the date on which he enters upon office. A person who has held office as chief election commissioner is not eligible for appointment in the service of the Republic. Any other election commissioner is, on ceasing to hold such office, eligible for appointment as chief election commissioner, but is not eligible for appointment in the service of the Republic.

Duties and functions

In addition to their duties and functions as an election commissioner, the chief election commissioner acts as chairperson of the commission.

List of chief election commissioners of Bangladesh

The following have held the post of the chief election commissioner of Bangladesh.

No.	Name	Image	Start of term	End of term	Length of term	Appointed by
1	Justice M. Idris					Abu Sayeed Chowdhury
2	Justice A.K.M. Nurul Islam					Ziaur Rahman
3	Justice Chowdhury A.T.M. Masud					Hussain Muhammad Ershad
4	Justice Sultan Hossain Khan					Hussain Muhammad Ershad
5	Justice Mohammad Abdur Rouf					Shahabuddin Ahmed
6	Justice A.K.M. Sadeq					Abdur Rahman Biswas
7	Mohammad Abu Hena					Abdur Rahman Biswas
8	M. A. Sayed					Shahabuddin Ahmed
9	Justice M. A. Aziz					Iajuddin Ahmed
10	Dr. A. T. M. Shamsul Huda					Iajuddin Ahmed
11	Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed					Zillur Rahman
12	K. M. Nurul Huda					Abdul Hamid
13	Kazi Habibul Awal					Abdul Hamid
14	AMM Nasir Uddin			Incumbent		Mohammed Shahabuddin