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KUNDUS UKUUT VÝLKJL

1981

:

3

of the

Attended the Cancun Summit Meeting in Mexico as a member Bangladesh delegation.

THE EIGHTIES

1982-83

Jan. 1984 to Dec. 1987 :

(During this period ('84-'87) overall responsibility

Secretary,

Ministry of Finance,

Government of Bangladesh.

Played

major role in formulating and for implementing policies

privatisation in the industrial and financial sectors and expansion of the Financial Sector.

Principal

Finance

Secretary and Advisor to the President in charge of the Ministry of Finance - with the rank and status first of a Minister of State, then as a regular Cabinet Minister in charge of the Ministry of Finance. (Also in charge of the Ministry of Planning in addition, during this period). Presented four budgets of the Government - more than other Finance Minister in any Bangladesh. At the end of December resigned for voluntarily 1987, personal and professional reasons.

the Ministry of Finance had the domestic resources, for co-ordinating external resources, budget and monetary policy, public and private investment programmes.

NOVEMBER 1982 - DECEMBER 1987: During this period played the major-

role in improving macro-economic management in Bangladesh which won the support of multilateral and: bilateral donor organizations, in the balance of strengthening

in and

opening up payments, opportunities to the Private Sector. During this period, particularly during 1984-87 undertook a large number of measures to improve the effectiveness of external assistance,