Siddiqur Rahman Choudhury

Siddiqur Rahman Choudhury
Born1949 (age 75–76)
Sylhet District, East Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)Banker, politician
Known forSecretary of finance of Bangladesh in 2006

Siddiqur Rahman Choudhury is a former finance secretary of the government of Bangladesh and former chairperson of the Social Marketing Company.[1][2] He is the former chairman of Agrani Bank, Sadharan Bima Corporation, and Sonali Bank, UK Ltd.[1] He is the former independent director of MIDAS Financing Limited.[3]

Early life

Choudhury was born in 1949 in Sylhet District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[4] He completed his bachelor's and master's in chemistry from the University of Dhaka.[5] He also has a diploma in public financial management (PFM) from the University of Connecticut in the United States.[5]

Career

In 1977, Choudhury joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in the audit and accounts cadre.[5]

Choudhury was the secretary of the Finance Division of the Ministry of Finance in 2006 under M Saifur Rahman, minister of finance.[6] That year he became the secretary of finance.[7] In July 2006, he told the media that it will take some time to verify things before the funds requested by the Election Commission Secretariat was released.[8]

In 2007, as chairman of Agrani Bank, Choudhury took steps to turn the bank into a public limited company.[9]

On 19 March 2014, Choudhury became an independent director of MIDAS Financing Limited.[4][10] He is an independent director of National Housing Finance and Investments Limited.[5] He served as team leader of SPFMSP Project of the Maxwell Stamp.[11] He participated in a memorial event held in honor of former finance minister M Saifur Rahman on 5 September 2015.[12]

Choudhury became the chairman of Social Marketing Company in September 2017 for a two-year term.[5] Choudhury was reelected chairman of Social Marketing Company on 7 September 2019.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "SMC |". www.smc-bd.org. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  2. ^ "SMC Enterprise Ltd Holds 'Annual Sales Conference' for FY-2021". The Business Standard. 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  3. ^ "Midas Financing Ltd holds 20th AGM". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  4. ^ a b "MFL ยป Board of Directors". www.mfl.com.bd. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  5. ^ a b c d e "National Housing Finance and Investments Limited |". www.nationalhousingbd.com. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  6. ^ "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 589". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  7. ^ "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 825". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  8. ^ "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 768". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  9. ^ "Sonali, Janata, Agrani banks become PLCs". The Daily Star. UNB. 2007-11-16. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  10. ^ "Rokia Afzal Rahman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of MIDAS Financing Limited, presiding over its 20th Annual General Meeting at MIDAS Centre in the city on Tuesday. Members of the Board Bazlur Rahman, Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani, M. Hafizuddin Khan, Ali Imam Majumder, Siddiqur Rahman Choudhury, Mohammad Khairul Anam Choudhury, SM Azad Hossain, Md Shamsul Alam and Managing Director of the Company Shafique-ul-Azam were present". The New Nation. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  11. ^ "Old age allowance a right, not charity". The Daily Star. 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  12. ^ "Saifur Rahman worked for country's dev". The Daily Star. 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2022-06-22.