M Syeduzzaman

M Syeduzzaman
এম সাইদুজ্জামান
Born	(1933-10-27) 27 October 1933 (age 91)
Alma mater	University of Dhaka Williams College

M Syeduzzaman (born 27 October 1933)[1] is a former finance secretary and member of the Central Committee of Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League. He is the chairperson of Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Limited.[2] He is a member of the Trustee Board of the Centre for Policy Dialogue.[3]

Early life and education

Syeduzzaman completed his HSC from Dhaka College and master's in physics from the University of Dhaka in 1956.[3] He completed his second master's from Williams College in development economics in 1963.[3]

Career

From 1973 to 1976, Syeduzzaman was the secretary at the Ministry of Planning and the Planning Commission.[3] He was also the Secretary at the Economic Relations Division.[3]

From 1976 to 1977, Syeduzzaman was the secretary at the Ministry of Finance.[3] During that time he also served in the Board of Governors of the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute and the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute.[3]

Syeduzzaman worked at the World Bank from 1977 to 1982 as external director in the section for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Sri Lanka.[3]

Syeduzzaman again served as the Secretary at the Ministry of Finance from 1982 to 1983.[3] From 1984 to 1985, he was the chairperson of the Islamic Development Bank board of governors.[3]

From January 1984 to December 1987, Syeduzzaman worked as the Principal Finance Secretary and Advisor to the President of Bangladesh, Hussain Mohammad Ershad.[3][4][5] He held the rank of a cabinet minister in charge of Ministry of Finance and the Planning Ministry.[3] He was a Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Food Policy Research Institute from 1986 to 1993.[3]

From 1999 to 2008, Syeduzzaman was the chairperson of Bank Asia Limited.[3] From 2002 to 2008, he was the chairperson of the Bangladesh Rice Foundation.[3]

References

1. Syeduzzaman, M (4 January 2022). আমার বন্ধু ফারুক চৌধুরী. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 January 2025.
2. "Credit Rating". 5 May 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
3. "Mr M Syeduzzaman - CPD". Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). Retrieved 6 December 2021.
4. IDSA News Review on South Asia/Indian Ocean. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. 1985. p. 221.
5. Service, British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring (1985). Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Part III. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. p. 1.