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Anwarul Iqbal, BPM (Bar), PPM (1 October 1950 – 15 January 2015) was an Adviser of 2007-2009 interim Caretaker Government of Bangladesh. He was appointed as Local Government and Rural Development Minister & Labour Minister of the Non-party Interim Caretaker Government of Bangladesh on 17 January 2007 and remained in that post until a new election was held two years later. Later he was given the charge of Jute & Textile Ministry. He had the responsibility to head three ministries of the government of Bangladesh in a very crucial period of time. He is also the 25th Inspector General of Bangladesh Police.〔(Anwarul Iqbal new IGP )〕 Anwarul Iqbal went into voluntary retirement from the IGP post after he had been made officer on special duty and within few days he took charge as the Adviser of the Caretaker Government headed by Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed during the State of Emergency in Bangladesh which was declared on 11 January 2007.〔(New caretaker sworn in Bangladesh amid media blackout )〕 Anwarul Iqbal died in Dubai on 15 January 2015. == Interim Government 2007-2009 == Anwarul Iqbal sworn-in as Adviser which is equivalent to a Cabinet Minister of the non-party Care-taker government in 17 January 2007 by the Honourable President of Bangladesh Dr.Iajuddin Ahmed.〔(Five more advisors inducted into Bangladesh's caretaker government )〕 As per the Constitution of Bangladesh the Cabinet Ministers of Interim Governments are called Advisers. He was given the charge of two important Ministries one being the Local Government and Rural Development and Co-operative (LGRD) and the other Labour and Employment Ministry. He was considered as one of the key Advisers in the longest tenure of the non-perty Caretaker Government in Bangladesh. In the short span of time Iqbal established the Local Government Commission to ensure accountability and transparency, amended the acts of Upajilla parishad, Union Council, Municipal Council and City Corporations for women empowerment and ensuring Governance friendly persons’ participation in Local Level election,〔(MPs' influence in local govt to go )〕〔(3 ordinances by this month to empower local govt )〕 and introduced the direct and proportionately budget allocation system in local government. It means that local governments need not to depend on the will of the controlling authority for allotment of funds. During his tenure, governmeny successfully held the Elections to the local government bodies including city corporations, municipalities, union council and specially long due elections to upazila parishads which had not been held for the last 17 years during the tenure of previous political governments. With the intention of decentralizing, and devolving the authority to local governments, he emphasized the election of honest, dedicated and capable representatives to ensure good governance, and build up a just, equitable and enlightened society.〔(Ministry, EC to discuss candidates' eligibility: Iqbal )〕 This is marked as one of the major successes of Caretaker government. As the adviser of Labour and Employment ministry, he managed to set a standard of labour wages, benefits like service book, holidays, ID cards etc.〔(Implement minimum wages for garment workers by Sept 30, says Iqbal )〕 and constant effort on implementation of minimum wages in all the factories throughout the country improved the Compliance situation up to mentionable level in the garment sector of Bangladesh.〔(Labour adviser warns RMG owners of legal action )〕 This ultimately improved the labour rights situation in the country and concludes an era of labour violence in the sector. Ready Made Garments (RMG) sector is the highest foreign currency earner for Bangladesh. He also led the way to finalize the new Labour Law in Bangladesh and successfully eradicated Child Labour from hazardous work〔(Statement by His Excellency Mr. Mohammed Anwarul Iqbal, Hon’ble Adviser, Ministry of Labour and Employment at the 97th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) )〕 The other Ministry he was heading is Ministry of Jute and Textiles. One of the major achievements of Anwarul Iqbal's time is reopening a number of major jutemills of Bangladesh which were closed down to lessen losses of Government.〔(People's Jute mill reopens )〕 Some of the new policies introduced by turned the loss booking units into profit making factories for the government and created jobs for more thousands of jobless people. Anwarul Iqbal was an active member of governments negotiation team with the fighting political parties to make them sit in a table of discussion along with three other Advisers. In the long run they ensured the best ever national election in the country’s history. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anwarul Iqbal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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