Mohammad Abu Hafiz

Mohammad Abu Hafiz is a Bangladeshi civil servant and election commissioner of Bangladesh from 2012 to 2017.

Career Hafiz retired as an additional secretary from the Bangladesh Civil Service.

In February 2012, he was appointed an election commissioner by President Zillur Rahman as part of a five-member commission led by Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad. He also stated that violence during elections is normal. In August 2014, Hafiz stated that the Election Commission could not take action on allegations of threatening a police officer against Member of Parliament Shamim Osman due to an incomplete inquiry report. Osman had been accused of threatening Superintendent of Police Muhammad Bashir Uddin over the Narayanganj-5 by-election, where his brother Selim Osman was a candidate. 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. The commissioners met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina before their term ended and told her that they had worked impartially during their tenure.

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government, a travel ban was imposed on Haiz along with other former election commissioners. In June 2025, he was named in allegations submitted by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to the Election Commission, which accused former commissioners of failing to act on complaints related to the 10th parliamentary election in 2014. The party called for legal action against those involved, citing concerns over the conduct of the polls.