M Syeduzzaman

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M Syeduzzaman (Born: 27 October 1933) [1] is a former finance secretary and member of the Central Committee of Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League. He is the chairperson of Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Limited. [2] He is a member of the Trustee Board of the Centre for Policy Dialogue. [3]

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Early life and education

Syeduzzaman completed his HSC from Dhaka College and master's in physics from the University of Dhaka in 1956. [3] He completed his second master's from Williams College in development economics in 1963. [3]

Career

From 1973 to 1976, Syeduzzaman was the Secretary at the Ministry of Planning and the Planning Commission. [3] He was also the Secretary at the Economic Relations Division. [3]

From 1976 to 1977, Syeduzzaman was the Secretary at the Ministry of Finance. [3] During that time he also served in the Board of Governors of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute and the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute. [3]

Syeduzzaman worked at the World Bank from 1977 to 1982 as external director in the section for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Sri Lanka. [3]

Syeduzzaman again served as the Secretary at the Ministry of Finance from 1982 to 1983. [3] From 1984 to 1985, he was the chairperson of the Islamic Development Bank board of governors. [3]

From January 1984 to December 1987, Syeduzzaman worked as the Principal Finance Secretary and Advisor to the President of Bangladesh, Hussain Mohammad Ershad. [3] [4] [5] He held the rank of a cabinet minister in charge of Ministry of Finance and the Planning Ministry. [3] He was a Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Food Policy Research Institute from 1986 to 1993. [3]

From 1999 to 2008, Syeduzzaman was the chairperson of Bank Asia Limited. [3] From 2002 to 2008, he was the chairperson of the Bangladesh Rice Foundation. [3]

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References

  1. এম সাইদুজ্জামান (4 January 2022). "আমার বন্ধু ফারুক চৌধুরী". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 13 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  2. "Credit Rating | Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Ltd". 5 May 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Mr M Syeduzzaman - CPD". Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  4. IDSA News Review on South Asia/Indian Ocean. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. 1985. p. 221.
  5. Service, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring (1985). Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Part III. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. p. 1.