Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury is the

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of Bangladesh.

Early life

Chowdhury was born in Chittagong. Chowdhury completed his B.A. in commerce and M.A. in accounting from the

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. He graduated from the

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with a Masters in finance and accounting.

Career

Chowdhury joined Bangladesh Civil Service as a Audit and Accounts Cadre in 1984. Chowdhury served in a number of capacities in the Ministry of Finance. He held the position of Controller General Defense Finance and the Controller General of Accounts. He has held the position of Deputy Secretary, Joint Secretary, and Additional Secretary. He was a Director of the

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. Chowdhury served a director of a number of state owned companies such as

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, Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit Company Limited, Eastern Refinery Limited,

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, and

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. He was the founding CEO of the Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited. In 2012, Chowdhury was a Director of Deepening Medium Term Budget Framework, a project to develop and reform financial management services. He was a member of the transaction execution committee of the government tasked with offloading sovereign bonds. Hossain was appointed the finance secretary of the Ministry of Finance on 4 October 2017. On 17 July 2018, Chowdhury was appointed the 12th

of Bangladesh.

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replaced him as the new Finance Secretary. He had looked at developing a joint platform between the office of the comptroller and auditor general and the Anti-Corruption Commission.

References

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