page_title: Fakhruddin Ahmed
hierarchical_section_title: Fakhruddin Ahmed
caption_attribution_description: Fakhruddin Ahmed - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2008
context_page_description: Fakhruddin Ahmed is a Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank.
  On 12 January 2007, he was appointed as the Chief Adviser of the non-party interim caretaker government of Bangladesh, amidst Bangladeshi political crisis in 2006. He continued in that post for nearly two years, a longer than usual time, but new elections were held in 29 December 2008, and the Awami League assumed power based on its majority.
context_section_description: Fakhruddin Ahmed (born 1 May 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank.
  On 12 January 2007, he was appointed as the Chief Adviser (Head of the Government) of the non-party interim caretaker government of Bangladesh, amidst Bangladeshi political crisis in 2006. He continued in that post for nearly two years, a longer than usual time, but new elections were held in 29 December 2008, and the Awami League assumed power based on its majority.
caption: Ahmed at the World Economic Forum (2008)
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