Mohammed Farashuddin

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Mohammed Farashuddin
মোহাম্মদ ফরাসউদ্দিন
Mohammed Farashuddin (Bangladesh Bank Governor) 01.jpg
Invited as a convocation speaker at the 2nd convocation of Premier University, Chittagong
Governor of Bangladesh Bank
In office
24 November 1998 –22 November 2001
SpouseSuraiya Farashuddin
Children2
Alma mater Sylhet Government Pilot High School
Murari Chand College
University of Dhaka
Boston University

Mohammed Farashuddin (born 14 April 1942) is a Bangladeshi economist who served as the seventh Governor of Bangladesh Bank. [1]

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Early life

He was born on April 14, 1942, in the village of Ratanpur, located in Nayapara Union, Habiganj, Assam Province, British Raj. [1]

Education

He completed his SSC and HSC at Sylhet Government High School in 1958 and Sylhet MC College in 1960. He earned Bachelor in Economics from the University of Dhaka in 1963 and completed his Master in Economics at the same institution in 1964. He further pursued his education in the United States, obtaining a Master of Arts in Political Economy from Boston University in 1978. He later achieved his PhD in 1979 from there. [1]

Career

In 1966, he passed the Central Superior Services examination of Pakistan and joined the administrative cadre. He worked in field positions as the Sub-Divisional Officer of Jamalpur, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi, Acting Deputy Commissioner, and Additional Commissioner of Karachi.

From 1973 to 1975, Farashuddin served as the private secretary to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. [2] He was one of the founders of East West University and served as its founding Vice-Chancellor from 1995 to 1998. Farashuddin then served as the Governor of Bangladesh Bank from 1998 to 2001. [3] [1] [4] He currently holds the position of Chairperson of the Board of Trustees at the university. [5]

Politics

Farashuddin was involved in Bangladesh Students' Union during his student life. He aspired to be the candidate of the Awami League from the Habiganj-4 constituency in the 2018 Bangladeshi general election. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

He has an affirmative stance on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman autocratic rule during BAKSAL. [11] However, a one-party dictatorship under the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League, with tight control of the media and judiciary, turned the dream into a nightmare. Lawrence Lifschultz wrote in the Far Eastern Economic Review in 1974 that Bangladeshis thought “the corruption and malpractices and plunder of national wealth” under Mujib “unprecedented.” [12] Eventually, the plunder of national wealth caused the Bangladesh famine of 1974.

Personal life

Farashuddin married Suraiya Farashuddin. He has one son and one daughter. [13]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Bangladesh Bank". www.bb.org.bd. Archived from the original on 11 October 2025. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  2. ↑ "Where were you on August 15, 1975: Dr Mohammed Farashuddin". Dhaka Tribune. 2021-08-14. Archived from the original on 11 October 2025. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  3. ↑ "Governors of BB". Bangladesh Bank. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Muhammad Abdul Mazid. "Bangladesh Bank". Banglapedia. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Chairperson, Board of Trustees". www.ewubd.edu. East West University. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  6. ↑ "Former BB Governor Farashuddin to collect nomination form Sunday | banglatribune.com". Bangla Tribune. Archived from the original on 11 October 2025. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  7. ↑ "নির্বাচন করবেন ড. মোহাম্মদ ফরাসউদ্দিন". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  8. ↑ bdnews24.com. "Former governor Farashuddin buys AL nomination form for polls". Former governor Farashuddin buys AL nomination form for polls. Retrieved 2025-10-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "আওয়ামী লীগের ফরম তুললেন সাবেক গভর্নর ড. ফরাসউদ্দিন". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  10. ↑ SAMAKAL. "শেষবেলায় আ'লীগের চমক ড. ফরাসউদ্দিন?". শেষবেলায় আ'লীগের চমক ড. ফরাসউদ্দিন?. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  11. ↑ jagonews24.com. "বাকশাল নিয়ে আওয়ামী লীগের মধ্যে দ্বিধা-দ্বন্দ্ব আছে: ফরাসউদ্দিন". jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 October 2025. Retrieved 2025-10-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Opinion | Tread warily to the dream". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
  13. ↑ bac.portal.gov.bd https://bac.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/bac.portal.gov.bd/officer_list/17fa5922_8066_4e4d_835a_83d22047cce2/2022-07-14-07-39-6c801d35a06556fe5992f6b68d1e8210.pdf. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2025-10-11.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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