Khondkar Moazzamuddin Hossain

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Khondkar Moazzamuddin Hossain is the 5th Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh.

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Early life

Hossain was born in 1936. [1] After completing his bachelor's and master's in Islamic History and Culture from the University of Dhaka, [2] he joined the Pakistan Railway Accounts Service. [1]

Career

Hossain was appointed deputy secretary of the Ministry of Finance in Independent Bangladesh. [1]

On 7 March 1992, Hossain was appointed Bangladesh's Comptroller and Auditor General replacing Gholam Kibria. [1] [3] In 1993, the government of Bangladesh nominated Hossain to be an external auditor of UNESCO. [4]

On 3 April 1996, M Hafizuddin Khan replaced Hossain as the Comptroller and Auditor General. [5]

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