Saifur Rahman

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M. Saifur Rahman
Saifur Rahman at a political meeting with Begum Khaleda Zia and M A Haque
Born	Moulvibazar, Sylhet. Bangladesh
Residence	Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Occupation	Politician, Charter Accountant
Religious beliefs	Sunni Islam
Spouse(s)	1
Children	2
Parents	3

Saifur Rahman (ছয়ফুর রহমান) is a Bangladeshi politician, and the former Finance minister of Bangladesh. A chartered accounted by profession, he is a member of the former ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He also has the unique record of preparing 12 out of the 36 yearly budgets since the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. He is the longest serving finance minister of Bangladesh and is a member of the Jatiyo Sangshad (National Assembly).

Former finance and planning minister is running for the member of parliament in coming election in two constituencies (Sylhet-1, Moulovibazar-3). The wealth report he submitted before the election commission reportedly made him one of the richest politicians of Sylhet division with the moveable property of more than 50 million with a yearly income of over 13 million.^{[1] [2]}

He has 3 sons and a daughter. One of his sons, Naser Rahman was also a member of Parliament.

In the general elections in 2008, Saifur Rahman was a candidate in the Sylhet-1 constituency for the BNP, and received 140,367 votes, which wasn't enough against his counterpart Abul Maal Abdul Muhith who received 178,636 votes for the Awami League and won. In the Moulvibazar-3 constituency, he also lost against Syed Mohsin Ali of the Awami League - who won 144,921 votes, 32,026 votes behind.

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