Gholam Kibria was the 4th

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of Bangladesh and Finance Secretary of Bangladesh. He worked for the International Monetary Fund in Mongolia and Uzbekistan.

Early life

Kibria was born on 1 January 1932. He did his undergraduate in science at the

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in 1955.

Career

In 1956, Kibria joined the Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service. Kibria was the Deputy Secretary and then Additional Secretary at the Ministry of Finance. He was a counselor at the Embassy of Bangladesh to Russia in Moscow. Kibria was appointed the secretary of the

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in 1980. He was an Alternate Executive Director of the

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. He returned from the World Bank in 1987 and was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Finance. He retired in 1988. On 30 March 1989, he was appointed the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh. 31 December 1991, Kibria retired as the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh. He was replaced by Khondkar Moazzamuddin Hossain. He jointed the

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and was stationed in Mongolia Budget Advise to the

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. He then worked for the

of the Government of

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. In 1996, he wrote an article for the Government Audit Journal.

Personal life

Kibria was married to Nadera Begum. They had three children.

Death

Kibria died on 10 August 2011.

References

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