Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury is the former finance secretary and 12th Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh.[1]
Chowdhury was born in Chittagong.[2]
Chowdhury completed his B.A. in commerce and M.A. in accounting from the University of Chittagong.[3] He graduated from the University of Birmingham with a master's in finance and accounting.[3]
Chowdhury joined Bangladesh Civil Service as a Audit and Accounts Cadre in 1984.[2]
Chowdhury served in a number of capacities in the Ministry of Finance.[3] He held the position of Controller General Defense Finance and the Controller General of Accounts.[3] He has held the position of Deputy Secretary, Joint Secretary, and Additional Secretary.[3] He was a Director of the SAARC Development Fund.[2]
Chowdhury served a director of a number of state owned companies such as Bangladesh Biman, Bangladesh Krishi Bank, Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit Company Limited, Eastern Refinery Limited, Sonali Bank, and Titas Gas.[4] He was the founding CEO of the Bangladesh Infrastructure Finance Fund Limited.[4]
In 2012, Chowdhury was a Director of Deepening Medium Term Budget Framework, a project to develop and reform financial management services.[5] He was a member of the transaction execution committee of the government tasked with offloading sovereign bonds.[6]
Hossain was appointed the finance secretary of the Ministry of Finance on 4 October 2017.[7]
On 17 July 2018, Chowdhury was appointed the 12th Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh.[3][2][8] Abdur Rouf Talukder replaced him as the new Finance Secretary.[9] He had looked at developing a joint platform between the office of the comptroller and auditor general and the Anti-Corruption Commission.[10]