Zakir Ahmed Khan

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Zakir Ahmed Khan is the Finance secretary of Bangladesh, [1] and Chairman of the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation. [2] He is a former chairman of the National Board of Revenue. [3] He is an adviser to Southeast Bank and an independent director of the National Life Insurance Company Limited. [4] [5]

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Early life

Khan did his master's degree in economics at the University of Dhaka. [6] He completed an MBA at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. [6]

Career

Khan was a Research Associate in the Bureau of Economic Research. [6] He worked as a lecturer of Economics and in the Department of Finance at the University of Dhaka. [6] In 1970, he joined the Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service of Pakistan Civil Service. [6]

From 1 August 2000 to 10 July 2001, Khan was the chairman of the National Board of Revenue. [7] He served as the secretary of the Internal Resources Division. [8]

On 1 July 2001, Khan was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Finance replacing Akbar Ali Khan. [9] He served as the secretary of Finance till 31 July 2005 and was replaced by Siddiqur Rahman Chowdhury. [9] He had served under Minister of Finance M Saifur Rahman. [10] [11] [12]

Khan retired as an Alternate Executive Director of the World Bank in February 2009. [6] He was appointed an advisor of Southeast Bank Limited in October 2010. [13] He is an independent director of the National Life Insurance Company Limited. [5]

In December 2018, Khan was appointed an independent director of MI Cement Factory Ltd (Crown Cement). [14] In 2019, he was elected president of the Salimullah Muslim Hall Alumni Association of Dhaka University. [15]

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Khan was appointed chairman of a special committee that looked at claims by retired public servants who alleged they were denied promotions during the 15 year rule of the Awami League government. [16] [17] Over 1500 retired civil servants applied for retrospective promotions and the committee recommended promotions for 764 of the applicants. [18] [18] In August 2024, he was appointed Chairman of the Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation. [19] He replaced Sheikh Abdur Rashid who was shifted to the Secondary and Higher Education Division. [20]

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