M Syeduzzaman (born 27 October 1933) is a former finance secretary and member of the Central Committee of

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. He is the chairperson of Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Limited. He is a member of the Trustee Board of the

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Early life and education

Syeduzzaman completed his HSC from

Dhaka College Dhaka College (), informally known as DC, is a public educational institution of Bangladesh located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. It is one of the oldest educational institutions in the subcontinent. It offers Honours degree, honours and Master's degree ...

and master's in physics from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

in 1956. He completed his second master's from

Williams College Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim ...

in development economics in 1963.

Career

From 1973 to 1976, Syeduzzaman was the secretary at the Ministry of Planning and the Planning Commission. He was also the Secretary at the

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. From 1976 to 1977, Syeduzzaman was the secretary at the

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. During that time he also served in the Board of Governors of the

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) () is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Agriculture, that conducts research on all crops except rice, jute, sugarcane, and tea for which there are separate institutes. The central re ...

and the

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. Syeduzzaman worked at the

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from 1977 to 1982 as external director in the section for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Sri Lanka. Syeduzzaman again served as the Secretary at the

from 1982 to 1983. From 1984 to 1985, he was the chairperson of the

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board of governors. From January 1984 to December 1987, Syeduzzaman worked as the Principal Finance Secretary and Advisor to the President of Bangladesh,

Hussain Mohammad Ershad Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi military officer, dictator and politician who served as President of Bangladesh, the president of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990. He seized power as a result of a 1982 ...

. He held the rank of a cabinet minister in charge of Ministry of Finance and the Planning Ministry. He was a Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Food Policy Research Institute from 1986 to 1993. From 1999 to 2008, Syeduzzaman was the chairperson of

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. From 2002 to 2008, he was the chairperson of the Bangladesh Rice Foundation.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Syeduzzaman, M Living people 1933 births University of Dhaka alumni Dhaka College alumni Williams College alumni Bangladeshi economists Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members Ministers of finance of Bangladesh Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy Place of birth missing (living people)