Political scientist Professor Ali Riaz has been appointed as the head of the Constitution Reform Commission. Before this, as the head of the Constitution Reform Commission the name of Dr. Shahdin Malik was mentioned.
A notification in this regard was issued by the Cabinet Division on Wednesday (September 18).
It is said in the notification, the Chief Adviser of the Interim government Dr. Muhammad Yunus in the address given to the nation on September 11 initially formed six commissions for reforms and announced the names of the heads of the commissions. As the head of the Constitution Reform Commission the name of Shahdin Malik was mentioned. Now the name of Ali Riaz has been included as the head of this commission instead.
Ali Riaz is a distinguished Professor at Illinois State University, a Senior Non-Resident Fellow of the Atlantic Council and President of the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS).