DHAKA, Nov 21, 2024 (BSS)- The interim government has formed the new Election Commission (EC) comprising the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and four commissioners.

Retired secretary AMM Nasir Uddin has been made as the new Chief Election Commissioner.

Newly appointed election commissioners are- former additional secretary Md Anwarul Islam Sarkar, retired district and sessions judge Abdur Rahmanel Masud, joint secretary (retied) Begum Tahmida Ahmad and Brigadier General (Retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah.

The Cabinet Division issued separate gazette notifications today to this end, which will come into immediate effect.
 
President Mohammed Shahabuddin made the appointments under his constitutional authority. 
 
The new EC has been constituted on the basis of the recommendation of the six-member search committee.

The government formed the search committee led by Appellate Division Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury on October 29 in accordance with the Clause-3 of “The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Appointment Act, 2022”.

The search committee recommend the names of qualified individuals for the positions of the CEC and other commissioners.