Mohammad Abdul Mobarak

Mohammad Abdul Mobarak (c. 1946 – 21 July 2025) was a Bangladeshi civil servant and former Election Commissioner of Bangladesh from 2012 to 2017. Mobarak served on the Bangladesh Election Commission from 2012 to 2017. He oversaw the cancellation of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's registration.

Early life Mobarak was born in Hathazari Upazila, Chittagong District. He was appointed a member of the Bangladesh Law Commission in 2009. He was appointed as an election commissioner on 9 February 2012 by President Zillur Rahman, alongside other members of the Election Commission led by Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad. Other commissioners appointed along with him were Mohammad Abu Hafiz, Brigadier General Md Jabed Ali, and Judge Md Shahnewaz. A general diary was filed with local police following the incident, and security measures around the Election Commission Secretariat were subsequently increased. The then Chief Election Commissioner, Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, was staying in the United States after the 10th Parliamentary Elections. The Chief Election Commissioner, Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, later expressed regret over and apologized for the incident.

In 2016, Mobarak was among the members of the Election Commission during an internal dispute over the order of signing official documents, as Commissioner Md. Shah Newaz proposed a rotational system for the first signatory status. The issue reflected broader disagreements within the commission regarding administrative procedures and hierarchy among commissioners. The commission faced significant criticism from opposition parties and observers over its handling of elections, particularly the 2014 general election, which was boycotted by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and resulted in many uncontested seats, as well as for violence surrounding local government polls.

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government, a sedition case was filed against Mobarak along with other former Election Commissioners in September 2024.

Death Mobarak died on 21 July 2025 at the Apollo Imperial Hospitals in Chittagong at the age of 79; he had cancer.