Saifur Rahman

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Mohammad Saifur Rahman ( Bengali : সাইফুর রহমান , Sāiphur Rahamān ; born October 6, 1932 in the village of Bahar Mordon, Sylhet ; † September 5, 2009 in Ashuganj , Chittagong ) was a Bangladeshi politician . He was the leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and had the longest tenure as Minister of Finance in Bangladesh.

education

Saifur Rahman was a participant in the language movement in 1952. He went to the University of Dhaka and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1953. He later studied in London , England until 1958. Rahman became a specialist in monetary policy , fiscal policy and development economics.

He was President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh and President of Bangladesh Jatishangha Samiti. Rahman joined a political party in 1977, the Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal , a coalition of the later President Ziaur Rahman , which then became the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 1978 .

Political career

Rahman had been a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 1978. Rahman was appointed finance minister of the first BNP government under Ziaur Rahman and was this until 1980. Later he was again finance minister from February 15, 1996 to December 29, 2008. During this time he made 12 budget plans in his country and extolled the opening of the Bangladesh economy for other countries in the early 1990s. His predecessor as Minister of Finance of Bangladesh was Azizur Rahman , and his successor was Syed Mohsin Ali .

Family and death

Saifur Rahman had three sons and a daughter. His wife, Duree Samad Rahman, died of cancer in 2003. One of his sons, M. Naser Rahman, is also active in politics. Saifur Rahman died in a car accident on the way home in the Brahmanbaria District on the way from Dhaka to Maulvibazar.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Saifur Rahman's life sketch The Daily Star. September 5, 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
  2. ↑ Saifur Rahman ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Silobreaker. Retrieved September 5, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.silobreaker.com
  3. ↑ BILIA  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved September 5, 2009.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.biliabd.org  
  4. ^ Ex-Bangladesh finance minister dies in car crash ( Memento of September 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Yahoo News. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
  5. ^ M Saifur Rahman dies in B'baria road crash (English) . In: bdnews24.com , September 5, 2009. Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bdnews24.com
personal data
SURNAME Rahman, Saifur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rahman, Mohammad Saifur; সাইফুর রহমান (Bengali); Rahamān, Sāiphur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bangladeshi politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Bahar Mordon village, Sylhet
DATE OF DEATH September 5, 2009
Place of death Ashuganj , Chittagong