Fazle Kabir (born 4 July 1955) is a Bangladeshi bureaucrat, economist and central banker.
He served as the
11th Governor of
Bangladesh Bank
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, the central bank of Bangladesh.
Prior to this position, he served as the Finance Secretary to the government and chairman of the state-owned
Sonali Bank
Sonali Bank Limited ( bn, সোনালী ব্যাংক লিমিটেড) is the principal state-owned leading public commercial bank in Bangladesh.
It is the largest bank in the country. Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui is the chairman of the ...
.
[ He also served as a director of another state-owned ]Janata Bank
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.
Early life
Kabir was born on 4 July 1955 in Dhaka
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of the then East Bengal
ur,
, common_name = East Bengal
, status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan
, p1 = Bengal Presidency
, flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg
, s1 = East ...
(now Bangladesh
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).His original ancestral home is in a village of Hasail-Banari in Tongibari of Munshiganj (Bikrampur) district. He completed his secondary
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and higher secondary
The Higher Secondary School Certificate is a secondary qualification in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.
Higher Secondary Education
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education at Faujdarhat Cadet College
Faujdarhat Cadet College is a historic public military high school (grade 7 to grade 12), modelled after public schools in the UK (according to the Public Schools Act 1868), run following the national curriculum of Bangladesh in English version, ...
.University of Chittagong
The University of Chittagong ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, caṭṭagram bishwabidyalay) is a public research university with multidisciplinary faculties situated across a 1754-acres hilly landmas ...
.
Career
Kabir started his career in 1980 with Bangladesh Railway
Bangladesh Railway ( bn, বাংলাদেশ রেলওয়ে) is the state-owned rail transport agency of Bangladesh. It operates and maintains all railways in the country, and is overseen by the Directorate General of Bangladesh Ra ...
as an assistant traffic superintendent.[ In 1983, he joined the BCS Administration cadre aka ]Bangladesh Administrative Service
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. During his 34 years of civil service, Kabir held various key positions in different ministries and also in the field administration. He served as the Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate of Kishoreganj District
Kishoreganj ( bn, কিশোরগঞ্জ) is a district in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. Earlier it was a Mohkuma (মহকুমা) under the Mymensingh district. It was taken 2495.07 sq. km of land from Mymensingh district to form prese ...
, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Director General of the National Academy for Planning and Development
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(NAPD), Director General of the Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy
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History
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, Secretary of Ministry of Railways. He was appointed as a senior secretary to the ministry of finance in 2012.[ Kabir was made the chairman of Sonali Bank, after it was hit by several financial scams, including that involving Hall-Mark Group.][
On 15 March 2016 the then governor ]Atiur Rahman
Atiur Rahman ( bn, আতিউর রহমান; born 3 August 1951) is a Bangladeshi development economist, writer and banker. He served as the 10th Governor of Bangladesh Bank, which is the central bank of Bangladesh. He has also been cal ...
resigned from his post amid the Bangladesh Bank money laundering case. He submitted his resignation letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...
and within two hours Kabir was selected the new four-year term governor of Bangladesh Bank. He joined as the 11th Governor of Bangladesh Bank on 20 March 2016.
Personal life
Kabir is married to Mahmuda Sharmin Benu.[
]
References
Living people
1955 births
Bangladeshi economists
University of Chittagong alumni
Governors of Bangladesh Bank
Faujdarhat Cadet College alumni
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