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Salehuddin Ahmed
সালেহউদ্দিন আহমেদ
Adviser for Finance
Assumed office
9 August 2024
Chief AdviserMuhammad Yunus
Preceded byAbul Hassan Mahmood Ali (as Minister)
Adviser for Commerce
Assumed office
16 August 2024
Chief AdviserMuhammad Yunus
Preceded byAhasanul Islam Titu (as Minister of State)
Adviser to the Interim Government of Bangladesh
Assumed office
8 August 2024
PresidentMohammed Shahabuddin
Preceded byPost established
Adviser for Planning
In office
9 August 2024 – 16 August 2024
LeaderMuhammad Yunus (as Chief Adviser)
Preceded byAbdus Salam
Succeeded byWahiduddin Mahmud
Governor of the Bangladesh Bank
In office
30 April 2005 – 1 May 2009
PresidentIajuddin Ahmed
Preceded byFakhruddin Ahmed
Succeeded byAtiur Rahman
Personal details
Born (1944-10-08) 8 October 1944 (age 79)
Nazirabazar, Bengal, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materDhaka Collegiate School

Salehuddin Ahmed (born 1949) is a Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank.[1][2] He is a professor of BRAC University.[3] He has been serving as an adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh since August 2024.[4]

Early life and education

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Ahmed was born in Old Dhaka and his family were originally from Nabinagar Upazila, Brahmanbaria District.[5] He graduated from Dhaka Collegiate School in 1963.[5] Ahmed did his masters in 1969 in economics from the University of Dhaka.[6] He completed his second masters and PhD from McMaster University in 1974 and 1978 respectively.[6]

Career

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Ahmed joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer and later joined the Civil Service of Pakistan.[6] He was appointed the Assistant Commissioner of Dhaka District.[5] He served as the executive magistrate of Pirojpur District.[5] He worked at the National Foundation for Research on Human Resource Development which merged with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies later.[5] He worked at the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific.[6]

Ahmed is a former Director General of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development from 1993 to 1995.[6][5] Ahmed was the Director General of the NGO Affairs Bureau at the Prime Minister's Office.[7]

Ahmed was the Managing Director of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation from 1996 to 2005.[6] In 1998, he joined BRAC as Deputy Executive Director.[8]

Ahmed was the ninth governor of Bangladesh Bank. After the retirement of Fakhruddin Ahmed, he took the responsibility of Bangladesh Bank on 1 May 2005 and he took rest from his duty on 31 April 2009.[9][10] As a Fulbright Scholar, he taught at Marlboro College in the State of Vermont in the United States for a year.[8] In 2006, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award back from McMaster University.[5]

From 2009, Ahmed taught at North South University and the University of Dhaka.[7] He was a professor of business at North South University from 2010 to 2014 and then joined BRAC University.[7] He is a trustee of Gono University.[11]

In 2020, Ahmed was appointed an independent director of ASA International.[12] He is one of the founders of the Centre for Advanced Research and Social Action, non-profit.[13] He is a member of the general committee of the NGO Forum.[14] He is an independent director of GrameenPhone.[15] He is an advisor to Southeast University Journal of Arts and Social Sciences of Southeast University.[16]

Personal life

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Ahmed's daughter is also a faculty at North South University. His son was a faculty member at Black Hills State University and is currently a senior economist at the Virginia Department of Taxation.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "DR SALEHUDDIN AHMED, Professor, BRAC Business School, BRAC University and Former Governor of the Bangladesh Bank". ICE Business Times. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Lessons from Sri Lanka on politics and economy". businesspostbd.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ^ Hassan, Sohrab; Galib, Rafsan (29 May 2022). "Interest rates and dollar exchange rates must not be fixed". Prothomalo. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Yunus-led interim govt sworn in". The Daily Star. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Rahman, Akhlakur (15 September 2021). "IPDC Finance's Agraz: A chat with Dr Salehuddin Ahmed". The Daily Star. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Governor". www.bb.org.bd. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "Salehuddin Ahmed, PhD". www.bracu.ac.bd. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Welcome". saags.edu.bd. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Bangladesh Bank". www.bb.org.bd. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Bangladesh Bank - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Board of Trustees – Gono Bishwabidyalay". Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  12. ^ "ASA International appoints Dr Salehuddin Ahmed to its Board as Independent Director". talent4boards.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  13. ^ "CARSA | Founder". carsa-bd.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Policy Formulating Structure". ngof.org. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Board of Directors | Grameenphone". www.grameenphone.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Southeast University Journal of Arts and Social Sciences". www.seu.edu.bd. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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