Salahuddin Ahmed | |
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সালেহউদ্দিন আহমেদ | |
Bangladesh Bank Acting | |
In office 1 May 2005 – 30 April 2009 | |
President | Iajuddin Ahmed |
Preceded by | Fakhruddin Ahmed |
Succeeded by | Atiur Rahman |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Salahuddin Ahmed is a Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank. [1] [2] He is a professor of BRAC University. [3]
Ahmed was born in Old Dhaka and his family were originally from Nabinagar Upazila, Brahmanbaria District. [4] He graduated from Dhaka Collegiate School in 1963. [4] Ahmed did his masters in 1969 in economics from the University of Dhaka. [5] He completed his second masters and PhD from McMaster University in 1974 and 1978 respectively. [5]
Ahmed joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer and later joined the Civil Service of Pakistan. [5] He was appointed the Assistant Commissioner of Dhaka District. [4] He served as the executive magistrate of Pirojpur District. [4] He worked at the National Foundation for Research on Human Resource Development which merged with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies later. [4] He worked at the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific. [5]
Ahmed is a former Director General of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development from 1993 to 1995. [5] [4] Ahmed was the Director General of the NGO Affairs Bureau at the Prime Minister's Office. [6]
Ahmed was the Managing Director of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation from 1996 to 2005. [5] In 1998, he joined BRAC as Deputy Executive Director. [7]
Ahmed was the ninth governor of Bangladesh Bank. After the retirement of Fakhruddin Ahmed he took the responsibility of Bangladesh Bank on 1 May 2005 and he took rest from his duty on 31 April 2009. [8] [9] As a Fulbright Scholar, he taught at Marlboro College in the State of Vermont in the United States for a year. [7] In 2006, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award back from McMaster University. [4]
From 2009, Ahmed taught at North South University and University of Dhaka. [6] He was a professor of business at North South University from 2010 to 2014 and then joined BRAC University. [6] He is a trustee of Gono University. [10]
In 2020, Ahmed was appointed an independent director of ASA International. [11] He is one of the founders of Centre for Advanced Research and Social Action, non-profit. [12] He is a member of the general committee of the NGO Forum. [13] He is an independent director of GrameenPhone. [14] He is an advisor to Southeast University Journal of Arts and Social Sciences of Southeast University. [15]
Ahmed's daughter is also a faculty at North South University and his son is a faculty at the South Dakota State University. [4]
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