Fakhruddin Ahmed
Fakhruddin Ahmed ( Bengali : ফখরুদ্দীন আহমদ , Phakharuddīn Āhamad ; born May 1, 1940 in Munshiganj ) is a Bengali economist, bureaucrat and former head of the Central Bank of Bangladesh . After President Iajuddin Ahmed declared the country to be in a state of emergency , he was appointed Chief Advisor of the transitional government on January 12, 2007 , until Sheikh Hasina Wajed took over the post of Prime Minister on January 6, 2009 .
Fakhruddin Ahmed studied economics at the University of Dhaka and Williams College, USA . He then received his PhD from the prestigious Princeton University .
He started his professional career at the University of Dhaka . Then he became an administrative officer - first in the civil service of Pakistan , and after the independence of Bangladesh for his new state. From 1978 to 2001 he worked for the World Bank in Washington, where he rose to Vice-President. He left the World Bank in October 2001 and became head of the State Bank of Bangladesh ( Bangladesh Bank ). His term of office ended on April 30, 2005. On June 1, 2005, he was appointed Executive Director of the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation, an umbrella organization for small loans in Bangladesh.
Web links
- Elections in a state of emergency ?, analysis of the change of government by Christoph S. Sprung on suedasien.info
- Profile of Fakhruddin Ahmed on a government website ( Memento of May 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
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SURNAME | Ahmed, Fakhruddin |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | ফখরুদ্দীন আহমদ (Bengali); Phakharuddīn Āhamad |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Economist, bureaucrat and former head of the State Bank of Bangladesh |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1940 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Munshiganj |