Siddiqur Rahman Choudhury | |
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Born | 1949 (age 74–75) |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Occupation(s) | Banker, politician |
Known for | Secretary 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]
Choudhury was born in 1949 in Sylhet District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[4] He completed his bachelors and masters in chemistry from the University of Dhaka.[5] He also has a diploma in Public Financial Management (PFM) from the University of Connecticut, USA .[5]
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]