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Fakhruddin Ahmed

1940 - Today

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Fakhruddin Ahmed (born 1 May 1940) is a Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank. He also served as the Acting Prime minister of Bangladesh. On 12 January 2007, he was appointed Chief Adviser (Head of the Government) of the non-party interim Caretaker government, during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fakhruddin Ahmed has received more than 287,811 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Fakhruddin Ahmed is the 280th most popular economist (down from 248th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 21st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bangladeshi Economist.

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  • 47.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Fakhruddin Ahmed ranks 280 out of 315. Before him are Deirdre McCloskey, Max O. Lorenz, Esther Duflo, Nouriel Roubini, Robert Barro, and Aušra Augustinavičiūtė. After him are Karl Knies, Michael Kremer, Seth Godin, Lawrence Summers, Shoshana Zuboff, and Anna Schwartz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Fakhruddin Ahmed ranks 332. Before him are Mirjam Pressler, Jacques Higelin, Silvester Takač, José de Anchieta Fontana, Wolf Kahler, and Alain Calmat. After him are Van McCoy, George Ritzer, Alex Trebek, Barry Corbin, Franco Bitossi, and Jurandir de Freitas.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Fakhruddin Ahmed ranks 26 out of 57. Before him are Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1918), S. D. Burman (1906), A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873), Shahabuddin Ahmed (1930), Tajuddin Ahmad (1925), and Taslima Nasrin (1962). After him are Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926), Kalpana Datta (1913), Bagha Jatin (1879), Ritwik Ghatak (1925), Nurul Amin (1893), and Mrinal Sen (1923).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Bangladesh

Among economists born in Bangladesh, Fakhruddin Ahmed ranks 2. Before him are William Beveridge (1879).

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