Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed (Bengali: ফখরুদ্দিন আহমেদ, Fokhruddin Ahmed) (born May 1, 1940) is a noted Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank. He was appointed as the Chief Adviser (Head of the Government) of the non-party interim caretaker government of Bangladesh on 12 January 2007, amidst chaos in Bangladeshi politics, and remained in that post until a new election was held two ye...
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Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed (Bengali: ফখরুদ্দিন আহমেদ, Fokhruddin Ahmed) (born May 1, 1940) is a noted Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank. He was appointed as the Chief Adviser (Head of the Government) of the non-party interim caretaker government of Bangladesh on 12 January 2007, amidst chaos in Bangladeshi politics, and remained in that post until a new election was held two years later.
Fakhruddin Ahmed, son of Dr. Mohiuddin Ahmed, was born in Munshiganj, Bangladesh on May 1 1940. He studied economics at Dhaka University, where he obtained his BA (Hons) and MA in 1960 and 1961, respectively, standing first in his class both times. He subsequently received another master's degree in Development Economics from Williams College, USA, and a Doctorate in Economics from Princeton University.
He started his career as a lecturer of Economics in Dhaka University. Later, he joined the civil service of Pakistan. After the...
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