K M Ali Azam

K M Ali Azam is a retired Bangladeshi government official who is a current member of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission. Prior to this, he served as the senior secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration. He is the former secretary of the Ministry of Industries and a director of British American Tobacco Bangladesh.

Early life Azam was born in 1953 into an aristocratic Bengali Muslim family in Udaipur village, Mollahat Upazila, Bagerhat District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. His father was K M Mahbubur Rahman. He completed his master's degree in economics from the University of Rajshahi.

Azam had served as the assistant commissioner in the Office of the Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong District. He was the deputy commissioner and district magistrate of Chapai Nawabganj District in 2010. He served as the deputy secretary in the Ministry of Public Administration and the joint secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Azam has also served as the divisional commissioner of Dhaka Division. In 2020, Azam was the secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

Azam was appointed the secretary in the Ministry of Industries on 27 May 2020 replacing Md Abdul Halim. On 21 June 2020, Azam was appointed a non-executive director of British American Tobacco Bangladesh.

On 10 May 2021, Azam was appointed the senior secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration. He was a director of the Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre.