Hedayetullah Al Mamun Explained

Hedayetullah Al Mamoon is a retired senior secretary at the Ministry of Finance of Bangladesh and the chairperson of Janata Bank.[1] [2]

Career

Mamun joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1982.

In November 2008, Mamun was appointed the additional secretary to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary affairs.[3] Bangladesh Judicial Service Association expressed concern over the appointment of Mamun as he was an admin cadre.

In 2009, Mamun served as the secretary of the Ministry of Culture.[4] He then became the secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism in October 2009.[5] [6]

Mamun served as the secretary of the Ministry of Information.[7]

From 2014 to 28 February 2017, Mamun served as the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce. On 25 February 2018, Mamun was appointed the chairman of Janata Bank, a state owned bank, by the Bank and Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance.[8]

Mamun held a solo lecture on 28 June 2019 on the works of Ranjit Kumar Biswas, writer and former bureaucrat, at the Bangla Academy.[9]

In 2020, Mamun became the member secretary of the newly launched Association of Former Secretaries.[10] He is member of the governing body of Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management.[11] In September 2022, the government broke the trustee board of Manarat International University and created a new board which included him.[12]

Personal life

Mamun's brother, Obayed Ullah Al Masud, is the managing director of Rupali Bank and previously headed Sonali Bank, both state owned banks.[13]

Notes and References

  1. News: Retired bureaucrat Hedayetullah Al Mamoon appointed Janata Bank chairman. 2021-12-09. bdnews24.com.
  2. News: Hedayetullah made Janata Bank Chairman. 2021-12-09. jagonews24.com. en-US.
  3. News: 2008-11-05. Concern over appointment at law ministry from admin cadre. 2021-12-09. The Daily Star. en.
  4. News: 2009-11-06. Hemanta Boi Mela begins. 2021-12-09. The Daily Star. en.
  5. News: 2009-09-27. World Tourism Day observed. 2021-12-09. The Daily Star. en.
  6. News: 2009-10-05. Reshuffle in admin. 2021-12-09. The Daily Star. en.
  7. News: 2013-01-01. Baul Mela in Manikganj. 2021-12-09. The Daily Star. en.
  8. News: 2018-02-25. Hedayetullah Al Mamun to become Janata Bank chairman. 2021-12-09. Dhaka Tribune.
  9. News: Ranjit Kumar Biswas remembered. 2021-12-09. New Age . en.
  10. News: Retired secys to launch association in late Feb. 9 December 2021. The Independent . Dhaka.
  11. Web site: Board of Trustees -Welcome to Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management. 2021-12-09. www.bigm.edu.bd.
  12. News: Rahaman . Arafat . 2022-09-09 . Manarat University: Govt reconstitutes trustee board over 'militancy links' . 2022-10-07 . The Daily Star . en.
  13. News: Obayed Ullah Al Masud new MD of Rupali Bank . 2021-12-09. Daily Sun. en.