Khondkar Moazzamuddin Hossain is the 5th

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of Bangladesh.

Early life

Hossain was born in 1936. After completing his bachelor's and master's in Islamic History and Culture from the

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, he joined the Pakistan Railway Accounts Service.

Career

Hossain was appointed deputy secretary of the Ministry of Finance in Independent Bangladesh. On 7 March 1992, Hossain was appointed Bangladesh's Comptroller and Auditor General replacing Gholam Kibria. In 1993, the government of Bangladesh nominated Hossain to be an external auditor of

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. On 3 April 1996, M Hafizuddin Khan replaced Hossain as the Comptroller and Auditor General.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hossain, Khondkar Moazzamuddin Living people 1936 births Bangladeshi civil servants Comptrollers in Bangladesh Bangladeshi accountants University of Dhaka alumni