Muhammad Yunus Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance ...

(born 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Mohammad Younus (or variants such as ''Mohammad'', ''Mohammed'', ''Muhammad'' and ''Yunus'', ''Younis'') may refer to: *

Mohammad Yunus (diplomat) Mohammad Yunus Khan (26 June 1916 – 17 June 2001) was a member of Indian Foreign Service. He served as ambassador to Turkey, Indonesia, Iraq, and Spain. He promoted trade between India and the rest of the world through regular trade fa ...

(1916–2001), Indian ambassador *

Mohammad Yunus (politician) Mohammad Yunus (May 4, 1884 – May 13, 1952) was the first Premier of British India's Bihar province. During his career, the heads of provincial governments were called Prime Ministers. He governed for three months in 1937, during the state's ...

(1884–1952), first Prime Minister (Premier) of Bihar, India *

(1906–1992), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar * Mohammad Yunus (umpire) (1915–1992), Indian cricket umpire *

Mohammad Yunus Khalis Mawlawi Mohammad Yunus Khalis (alternate spellings Yunis and Younas) ( ps, محمد يونس خالص; c. 1919 – 19 July 2006) was a mujahideen commander in Afghanistan during the Soviet–Afghan War. His party was called Hezb-i-Islami ("Isla ...

(c. 1919–2006), Afghan politician *

Muhammad Yunus Nawandish Muhammad Yunus Nawandish (Uzbek language, Uzbek/ prs, محمديونس نوانديش) was the Mayor of Kabul from after his appointment by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in January 2010. During his time in office the Mayor initiated an aggressive ...

, current mayor of Kabul, Afghanistan *

Mohammad Yunus Saleem Mohammad Yunus Saleem (1912 – 15 January 2004) was an Indian politician, scholar, and lawyer, who was also active in the religious field. He was also a poet who campaigned to make Urdu the second official language. He was also a devout Musl ...

(1912–2004), Indian politician *

Yunus Qanuni Younus Qanooni ( prs, یونس قانونی, born on 10 May 1957 in Panjshir Valley) is an Afghan politician who was Vice President of Afghanistan. An ethnic Tajik, Qanooni is the leader of the '' Afghanistan e Naween'' (New Afghanistan) politic ...

(born 1957), Afghan politician *

Mohammad Yunus (academic) Mohammad Yunus was a Bangladeshi academic and Professor of economics at the University of Rajshahi. He was assassinated on 24 December 2004 by the Islamist terrorist organization Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh. He was one of four professors assassin ...

(died 2004), professor of Economics at Rajshahi University, murdered in 2004 * Mohammad Yunus (Bangladeshi politician), Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician

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