Z. N. Tahmida Begum

Z. N. Tahmida Begum
জেড. এন. তাহমিদা বেগম
9th Chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission
In office
9 May 2002 – 7 May 2007
Appointed byA. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury
PresidentA. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury
Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar
Iajuddin Ahmed
Preceded byMd. Mustafa Chowdhury
Succeeded bySaadat Husain
Personal details
Born26 November 1945
Rajshahi District, East Bengal, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
ChildrenTahsan Rahman Khan (son)[1]
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka

Z. N. Tahmida Begum (Bengali: জিনাতুন নেসা তাহমিদা বেগম) is a botanist and former chairperson of Bangladesh Public Service Commission, the first woman chairperson of the commission.[2][3] She is a professor of botany at the University of Dhaka.[4]

  1. ^ "I have never taken the BCS exam; he was not my mother's driver: Tahsan". The Business Standard. 11 July 2024.
  2. ^ Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim (14 June 2021). "The republic of BUREAUCRATS!". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. ^ "'Women yet to get due recognition for contribution to agri sector'". The Daily Star. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  4. ^ "'Bangladesh self-sufficient in food'". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 1 March 2022.