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Bangladesh - Head of Government

The Hon Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed, Chief Adviser

The Hon Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed was appointed Chief Adviser of the Caretaker Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on 12 January 2007. He was formerly the Chairperson of the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) from June 2005 to January 2007. He had also served as Governor of the Bangladesh Bank from October 2001 to April 2005.

Dr Ahmed was an economist at the World Bank for more than 20 years. Before that he was the Joint Secretary, Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance of Bangladesh. He was began his professional career as an economics lecturer at Dhaka University.

Dr Ahmed has a PhD in economics from Princeton University, USA; an MA in development economics from Williams College, USA; and an MA and BA in economics from Dhaka University, Bangladesh.

Dr Ahmed was born on 1 May 1940.