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Mohammed Farashuddin
Bangladeshi economist (born 1942) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohammed Farashuddin (born 14 April 1942) is a Bangladeshi economist who served as the seventh Governor of Bangladesh Bank.[1]
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Early life
He was born on April 14, 1942, in the village of Ratanpur, located in Nayapara Union, Habiganj, Assam Province, British Raj.[1]
Education
He completed his SSC and HSC at Sylhet Government High School in 1958 and Sylhet MC College in 1960. He earned Bachelor in Economics from the University of Dhaka in 1963 and completed his Master in Economics at the same institution in 1964. He further pursued his education in the United States, obtaining a Master of Arts in Political Economy from Boston University in 1978. He later achieved his PhD in 1979 from there.[1]
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Career
In 1966, he passed the Central Superior Services examination of Pakistan and joined the administrative cadre. He worked in field positions as the Sub-Divisional Officer of Jamalpur, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi, Acting Deputy Commissioner, and Additional Commissioner of Karachi.
From 1973 to 1975, Farashuddin served as the private secretary to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[2] He was one of the founders of East West University and served as its founding Vice-Chancellor from 1995 to 1998. Farashuddin then served as the Governor of Bangladesh Bank from 1998 to 2001.[3][1][4] He currently holds the position of Chairperson of the Board of Trustees at the university.[5]
Politics
Farashuddin was involved in Bangladesh Students' Union during his student life. He aspired to be the candidate of the Awami League from the Habiganj-4 constituency in the 2018 Bangladeshi general election.[6][7][8][9][10]
He has an affirmative stance on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman autocratic rule during BAKSAL.[11] However, a one-party dictatorship under the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League, with tight control of the media and judiciary, turned the dream into a nightmare. Lawrence Lifschultz wrote in the Far Eastern Economic Review in 1974 that Bangladeshis thought “the corruption and malpractices and plunder of national wealth” under Mujib “unprecedented.”[12] Eventually, the plunder of national wealth caused the Bangladesh famine of 1974.
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Personal life
Farashuddin married Suraiya Farashuddin. He has one son and one daughter.[13]
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