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Fakhruddin Ahmed

1940 - Today

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Fakhruddin Ahmed (Bengali: ফখরুদ্দীন আহমেদ, romanized: Fokhruddin Ahmed; born 1 May 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank. He also served as the 4th Chief Adviser of Caretaker government of Bangladesh. On 12 January 2007, he was appointed Chief Adviser (head of the government) of the non-political caretaker government, during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis. He remained in that position for nearly two years, exceeding the customary tenure, until the elections were held on 29 December 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fakhruddin Ahmed is the 288th most popular economist (down from 254th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 30th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bangladeshi Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Fakhruddin Ahmed ranks 288 out of 414. Before him are Robert Barro, Leonid Abalkin, Pietro Verri, Boediono, Harold Innis, and Theodore Levitt. After him are Mark Blaug, Nassau William Senior, Max O. Lorenz, Bruno de Finetti, Petr Aven, and Paul Sweezy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Fakhruddin Ahmed ranks 347. Before him are Godfrey Reggio, Uwe Timm, Rex Cawley, Renato Pozzetto, Albert Razin, and Rajendra K. Pachauri. After him are Sue Grafton, Wolf Kahler, Ole Ernst, Bill Medley, Michael Ruse, and Władysław Komar.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Fakhruddin Ahmed ranks 34 out of 74. Before him are A. B. Bardhan (1924), Taslima Nasrin (1962), Tajuddin Ahmad (1925), Kamini Roy (1864), Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926), and Surya Sen (1894). After him are Zainul Abedin (1914), Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1918), Motiur Rahman Nizami (1943), Kalpana Datta (1913), Pritilata Waddedar (1911), and Mrinal Sen (1923).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Bangladesh

Among economists born in Bangladesh, Fakhruddin Ahmed ranks 2. Before him are William Beveridge (1879).

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