Khairuzzaman made new finance secretary

Dr Md Khairuzzaman Mozumder, Secretary, Energy and Mineral Resources Division, has been made Finance Secretary.

The Ministry of Public Administration issued a circular to this effect on Wednesday.

He will replace the outgoing Senior Secretary of the Finance Division, Fatima Yasmin, who came the first Bangladeshi vice-president of Asian Development Bank (ADB) in June.

Dr Khairuzzaman is an accomplished professional with a 30-year career in various fields combining finance, macroeconomics, international economics, customs, trade facilitation issues, international development, WTO (World Trade Organisation) issues, and international trade.

Before joining the Energy and Mineral Resources Division under the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, he served as Additional Secretary (Macroeconomic) in the Finance Division under the Ministry of Finance.

He joined Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration) in the 11th Batch in April 1993, and later served in various capacities in government and international development, holding offices in Finance Division, Ministry of Commerce, National Board of Revenue, Deputy Commissioner's Office of Bandarban, USAID Programme (as COP of IBI project), Business Promotion Council, and Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute.

Dr Khairuzzaman obtained the PhD degree in government (political economy) from the University of Essex in United Kingdom after securing MSS in international relations from the University of Dhaka and MA in political economy from the McGill University in Canada.

He also served as an adjunct faculty at the Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management (BIGM) teaching three masters-level courses namely WTO & International Trade, Macroeconomics, and International Economics.

Meanwhile, a UNB report says, Md Nurul Alam, Additional Secretary of the Power Division, has been made new energy secretary.

He will replace existing energy secretary Dr Khairuzzaman Mojumder who has been appointed as the new finance secretary.

A gazette notification of the Ministry of Public Administration issued on Wednesday, said the new appointment of Md Nurul Alam as secretary in the Energy and Mineral Resources Division will be effective from August 28.

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