Wahidul Haq Explained

Wahidul Haque
Death Date:3 July 2020
Termend:May 1988
Termstart:January 1988
Birth Place:Lakshmipur, Bangladesh
Party:Jatiya Party
Office:Minister of Finance
Native Name:ওয়াহিদুল হক
Native Name Lang:bn
Alma Mater:Stanford University
University of Dhaka
Termstart1:September 1988
Termend1:May 1990

Wahidul Haque ( - 3 July 2020) was the Finance Minister of Bangladesh. He was also an emeritus professor at the University of Toronto, Canada.[1] [2]

Career

Haq completed his master's degree at University of Dhaka in 1955 and did his PhD at Stanford University in California, USA. He was professor of economics at Islamabad University in 1969. He has taught at Dhaka University. He then taught at the University of California, Berkeley for a while, then joined the University of Toronto as a professor and settled there permanently. He was the finance minister during Ershad's rule from September 1988 to May 1990.

Death

Wahidul Haq died on 3 July 2020.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Professor Wahidul Haque – Policy Research Institute. 2020-07-04. en-US.
  2. News: 4 July 2020. bn:সাবেক অর্থমন্ত্রী ওয়াহিদুল হকের ইন্তেকাল. https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/798051.details. 2020-07-04. Banglanews24.com. bn.
  3. News: bn:সাবেক অর্থমন্ত্রী ওয়াহিদুল হকের ইন্তেকাল. https://www.jagonews24.com/economy/news/595185. 2020-07-04. jagonews24.com. bn.
  4. News: 4 July 2020. bn:সাবেক অর্থমন্ত্রী ওয়াহিদুল হক আর নেই. https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/national/2020/07/04/930868. 2020-07-04. Kaler Kantho. bn.