Abdur Rouf Talukder appointed new finance secretary

The government has appointed Abdur Rouf Talukder as the new acting secretary of the Finance Division.

The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notice regarding the appointment on Monday.

Talukder will take up the post vacated by Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, who was appointed Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh on Sunday.

Talukder, who was appointed as an additional secretary of the Finance Division in Oct 2017, had served as a senior assistant secretary, joint secretary and deputy secretary prior to his promotion.  

 

He had also served as the director of various government projects implemented by the Finance Division. 

 

Talukder was a member of the 1985 Bangladesh Civil Service or BCS 1985 and had begun his career in the Secretariat cadre. 

 

The secretariat cadre was merged with the public administration cadre about 18 years ago. 

 

In addition to the different posts in the Finance Division, he also has served in many other government positions throughout his career. 

 

He was also an assistant secretary to the food and information ministers.    

 

Talukder, born in Sirajganj, did his MSc from the University of Birmingham and his MBA with a major in finance from the Institute of Business Administration, Dhaka University.