Mohibul Haque

Mohibul Haque is the former senior secretary of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism. He was detained on corruption charges after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government. He is the former Commissioner of Dhaka Division.

Early life and education Haque was born in Lokhpur village, Fakirhat Upazila, Bagerhat District. At the beginning of his educational career, he completed his secondary education at Khulna Government Laboratory School and after completing his higher secondary education from BL College, he enrolled in the Department of Political Science at Rajshahi University.

Career In 1988, Haque joined the Bangladesh Civil Service as an admin cadre as part of the 1985 batch. As DC, he had cancelled the publication license of Amar Desh as it did not have a listed publisher. In December 2013, he spoke against the management committee of Milk Vita after it removed the Managing Director of Milk Vita Mohammad Munir Chowdhury. He as then promoted to additional secretary and appointed to the Security Service Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs. He also alleged the meeting was attended by Sajjadul Hassan, Prime Minister's Office Secretary, Faiz Ahmed, secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration, Helal Uddin Ahmed, secretary of the Bangladesh Election Commission, Kabir Bin Anwar, secretary of the Ministry of Water Resources, K M Ali Azam, Dhaka Divisional Commissioner, Kazi Nishat Rasul, APS to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and officers from security services. He suspended five employees of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh after an attempt hijacking of a plane. He was a director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. In January 2020, he received a one year extension as secretary of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, the state-owned national airline of Bangladesh. In 2020, he signed an open sky agreement with the United States, represented by Ambassador Earl R. Miller, on behalf of Bangladesh. In 2022, his name was proposed for the Bangladesh Election Commission.

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Haque was detained in November 2024 from Mohakhali DOHS. Nearly 300 cases were filed against almost 200 thousand former officials and affiliates of the former Awami League government. He was sent to jail by Dhaka additional chief metropolitan magistrate Ziadur Rahman. He was shown arrested in a 8.12 billion BDT corruption case by the Anti-Corruption Commission in January 2025. He was also charged in the death of a Jubo Dal activist in police action in October 2023.

Personal life Haque's daughter is a student in the United States.