All four were appointed under contractual arrangements by the previous interim government.
Mahfuzul Haq is a former government secretary. Mainul Islam previously served as Inspector General of Police. After the interim government took over, he was appointed IGP, but a few months later, on 20 November 2024, the government appointed Baharul Alam as the new IGP and later posted Mainul Islam as ambassador.
Journalist Mushfiqul Fazal was in the United States for a long time. During the tenure of the previous Awami League government, he frequently raised issues of alleged repression by the authorities in briefings with the United States Department of State and the spokesperson of the United Nations Secretary General.