C T Online Desk: The new governor of Bangladesh Bank Abdur Rouf Talukder has started his first day at work on Tuesday morning, a month after he was appointed governor of the central bank by the government.
Abdur Rouf Talukder was appointed as new governor of the Bangladesh Bank for the next four years on June 11.
Prior to this fresh appointment, Abdur Rouf was serving as the senior secretary at the Finance Division.
Abdur Rouf Talukder joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in February, 1988 (BCS 1985 batch). He worked in wide range of government positions during his long illustrious career, but his specialization in public finance and economic management has brought him back to Finance Division at almost every rank of his career.
He worked more than 18 years in Finance Division before elevating to the position of Finance Secretary on 17 July 2018.
Apart from his long career in Finance Division, Talukder has served Ministry of Industries, Ministry of Food, and Ministry of Information. He also worked at Bangladesh High Commission, Kuala Lumpur as First Secretary (Commercial).
In Finance Division, he has contributed to important areas like budget reform, macroeconomic management and introduction of IT in PFM.
He was instrumental in implementing Medium-Term Budget Framework and new Budget and Accounting Classification System.
He played the key role in introduction of payroll automation for the government employees, EFT for pensioners and automation of National Saving Certificates. He is one of the key contributors in drafting the Public Money and Budget management Act, 2009 and Autonomous Bodies’ Surplus Revenue Act. 2020.
Talukder received the ‘National Integrity Award, 2021’. He also led the Finance Division to achieve ‘Public Administration Award 2021’ at the National Level Technical Institution category.
He holds a M.Sc. in Development Management from the University of Birmingham,UK and an MBA from Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of the University of Dhaka.
In addition, he attended a number of professional training courses at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Boston, USA; IMF Institute, Washington DC, USA; Crown Agents Training & Professional Development Center, London, UK; Institute of Public Finance (IPF), Dhaka, etc.
Born on August, 1964, Talukder is married to Selina Rawshan, a teacher by profession and they are blessed with two offspring.
