Anwarul Iqbal

Iqbal died from a cardiac arrest, suffered while working out at his daughter's home in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 15 January 2015. He was married to Dora Anwar. Together they had two daughters, Fahbin Anwar and Tasnim Anwar.

Iqbal sworn-in as adviser which is equivalent to a cabinet minister of the non-party care-taker government on 17 January 2007 by the President of Bangladesh Dr. Iajuddin Ahmed. He was given the charge of two ministries, one being the Local Government and Rural Development and Co-operative and the other Labour and Employment Ministry.

On 6 July 2006, Iqbal became the 25th Inspector General of Police (IGP). On 15 January 2007 he took voluntary retirement from service just a day before his sworn-in as an Advisor.

Iqbal played a significant role in the UN mission at Mozambique (ONUMOZ) and Angola (UNAVEM III). In 1993–1994, he was civilian police chief and acting commissioner in the Mozambique mission ONUMOZ. He won repute as police commissioner at the UN peacekeeping mission at Angola. He remained in that post during the whole period of UNAVEM III. He was the first Asian to serve as civilian police chief in any United Nations peacekeeping mission.

Iqbal joined Bangladesh Police on 22 August 1973 as assistant superintendent of police. He was one of the earliest officers recruited to the Bangladesh police after independence. He served as the chief of most of the units in Bangladesh Police Force which includes police headquarters, the Criminal Investigation Department, the Special Branch, Dhaka Metropolitan Police, Rapid Action Battalion, Chittagong Metropolitan Police, Khulna Metropolitan Police, Detective Training School, Armed Police Battalion and Sylhet, Kushtia, Khulna and Chittagong districts and Magura, Kishorganj and Bagerhat sub-divisions. For his contribution to the service and the nation he was given a gallantry award, the President Police Medal, in 1980, and Bangladesh Police Medal in 2000 and 2002.

Iqbal was born in Feni in the then East Bengal. He was the son of Mohammed Islam, a government officer. He passed his SSC in 1965 from Memnagar BD High School in Chuadanga, HSC from Dhaka College in 1967 and Masters of Arts in Bengali Literature from University of Chittagong in 1969–1971. He took part in the Liberation War of 1971. Later he was trained at the Bramshill Police Staff College, United Kingdom and the Human Rights Centre at Geneva, Switzerland.

Anwarul Iqbal (1 October 1950 – 15 January 2015) was an adviser of 2007–2009 interim caretaker government of Bangladesh. He was appointed as Local Government and Rural Development Minister & Labour Minister of the non-party interim caretaker government of Bangladesh on 17 January 2007 and remained in that post until elections were held two years later. Later he was given the charge of Jute & Textile Ministry. He had the responsibility to head three ministries of the government of Bangladesh. He served as the 25th Inspector General of Bangladesh police. He went into voluntary retirement from the IGP post after he had been made officer on special duty and within few days he took charge as the adviser of the caretaker government headed by Fakhruddin Ahmed during the state of emergency in Bangladesh which was declared on 11 January 2007.