List of governors of the Bangladesh Bank

The central bank of Bangladesh is known as Bangladesh Bank. Under the Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972, Bangladesh is established on 16 December 1971. The chief executive of the bank is described as Governor. The 12th and most recent Governor was Abdur Rouf Talukdar, who resigned on 9 August 2024.^[1]

Serial No	Name	Image	Took office	Left office
1	A. N. M. Hamidullah		18 January 1972	18 November 1974
2	Naziruddin Ahmed		19 November 1974	13 July 1976
3	Mohammad Nurul Islam		13 July 1976	12 April 1987
4	Shegufta Bakht Chaudhuri		12 April 1987	19 Dec 1992
5	Khorshed Alam		20 December 1992	21 November 1996
6	Lutfar Rahman Sarkar		21 November 1996	21 November 1998
7	Mohammed Farashuddin		24 November 1998	22 November 2001
8	Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed		29 November 2001	30 April 2005
9	Salehuddin Ahmed		1 May 2005	30 April 2009
10	Dr. Atiur Rahman		1 May 2009	15 March 2016
11	Fazle Kabir		16 March 2016	3 July 2022
12	Abdur Rouf Talukder		12 July 2022	9 August 2024
13	Nurun Nahar		11 August 2024	Present

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