Fazle Kabir
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Fazle Kabir | |
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| ফজলে কবির | |
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| Governor of Bangladesh Bank | |
| In office 15 March 2016 – 3 July 2022 | |
| President | Abdul Hamid |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Atiur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Abdur Rouf Talukder |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 July 1956 |
| Spouse | Mahmuda Sharmin Benu |
| Education | MA (economics) |
| Alma mater | Faujdarhat Cadet College, University of Chittagong |
Fazle Kabir (born July 4, 1955) is a Bangladeshi bureaucrat, economist, and central banker.[1][2][3] He served as the 11th Governor of Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh.[4] Prior to this position, he served as the Finance Secretary to the government and chairman of the state-owned Sonali Bank.[4] He also served as a director of another state-owned Janata Bank.
Kabir was born on July 4, 1955, in Hasail Banari Union of Tongibari upozila in Dhaka Bikrampur (present day Munshiganj district) then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).He completed his secondary and higher secondary education at Faujdarhat Cadet College.[5] He obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in economics from the University of Chittagong.[1][6]
