The interim government has finally filled the vacant post of secretary of public administration, appointing Md Ehsanul Hoque as the senior secretary to the Ministry.

In a notice on Sunday, the Ministry of Public Administration said: “This order issued in the public interest will take effect immediately.”

The position had remained vacant since September 21, following the transfer of former senior secretary Md Mokhlesur Rahman to the Planning Commission as a member.

In the interim, Additional Secretary Abu Shaheen Md Asaduzzaman, who heads the Career Planning and Training Wing, had been overseeing the ministry’s day-to-day operations.

Ehsanul Haque was initially appointed as secretary on a two-year contractual basis on August 17 last year, shortly after the fall of the Awami League government.

He was subsequently posted to the Road Transport and Highways Division and elevated to the rank of senior secretary the following day.

A veteran civil servant from the 1982 batch of the BCS Administration Cadre, Haque had previously retired as an additional secretary before being brought back into service under contract.