Salman F Rahman

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Salman Fazlur Rahman
MP
সালমান এফ রহমান
Salman Fazlur Rahman 2020 (50347177048).jpg
Rahman in 2020
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
3 January 2019
Preceded bySalma Islam
ConstituencyDhaka-1
Personal details
Born (1951-05-23) 23 May 1951 (age 72)
Dhaka, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Spouse(s)Syeda Rubaba Rahman
Relations
ChildrenShayan Fazlur Rahman
Parent(s)Fazlur Rahman (father)
Syeda Fatina Rahman (mother)
RelativesThe Chowdhury Dynasty
Alma mater
OccupationVice Chairman of Beximco Group
Websitesalmanfrahman.com

Salman Fazlur Rahman (born 23 May 1951)[1] is a Bangladeshi businessman,[2] advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and a member of the Jatiya Sangsad. Currently, he is holding the rank of a cabinet minister and serving as the Private Industry and Investment Adviser to Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[3] He was ranked 1685th on the list of billionaires in the world published by Beijing-based Hurun Gobal in 2017.[4] He is the vice chairman of Beximco Group, one of the largest conglomerates in Bangladesh.[5] Earlier he served as the private sector development affairs adviser to the Bangladesh Awami League President Sheikh Hasina.[6] He was the president of several trade bodies including Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO).[7] In January 2019, he was appointed as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's adviser on private industry and investment.[8]

Early life[edit]

Salman Fazlur Rahman was born on 23 May 1951 to a Bengali Muslim family in Dohar, Dhaka District. His father, Fazlur Rahman, was a state minister of Pakistan. Salman F Rahman is married to Syeda Rubaba Rahman and has a son named Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman. He passed the Higher Secondary Examination from Notre Dame College, Dhaka and was admitted to the Physics Department of University of Dhaka in 1968.[9] Later, he received graduation from Karachi University.[9]

Career[edit]

Rahman and his older brother, Sohail F Rahman, started operating a family-owned jute factory in 1966. The government nationalized the factory in 1972. They established the Bangladesh Export and Import Company Limited (Beximco Group) in 1972 and started exporting seafood and crushed bones to the European countries and import medicines in exchange of the exports of seafood and crushed bones.[10] Beximco Group is one of Bangladesh 's leading conglomerates with subsidiaries including BexTex, Beximco Pharmaceuticals, and Shinepukur Ceramics. Beximco employs more than 70,000 people worldwide and is the largest employer in the private sector in Bangladesh.[11]

In 1976, Rahman brothers established Beximco Pharmaceuticals. Later on, this company was listed as the first Bangladeshi company at the London's Alternative Investment Market.[12][5] The company is listed in Aim of London Stock Exchange[13] and also accredited by many foreign regulatory authorities including the US FDA for its export operations.[14] In addition, it is the first Bangladeshi company to export medicines to Canada.[15]

In 1982, the brothers partnered with the Dubai-based Galadari Brothers Group to establish the AB Bank.[16] In 1985, Salman Fazlur Rahman sold his stake to other partners. Subsequently, the brothers bought 30% stake in IFIC Bank. Rahman became chairman of the bank in 2010[17] and was re-elected in 2016.[18]

Rahman owns the English Daily The Independent (Bangladesh newspaper) and the Bangla News Channel Independent Television (Bangladesh). He is the Chairman of the Board of Editors of the Daily Independent.[6]

Politics[edit]

Rahman entered politics in the mid-1990s and founded a political party under the banner Samriddhya Bangladesh Andolan. Later he joined the Bangladesh Awami League. He was the Bangladesh Awami League nominee from a constituency in Dhaka-1: Dohar Upazila in Bangladeshi general election in 2001.[6]

Currently, he is the Private Sector Development Adviser to President of Bangladesh Awami League and Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina.[19][20]

Rahman contested from Dhaka-1 constituency (Dohar and Nawabganj Upazila) in the 2018 parliamentary election and received 3,04,797 votes from 178 centres of the constituency while the nearest rival Salma Islam received 38,017 votes.[21] He contested the election with the Awami League's symbol boat and secured 86.5% of the votes of the constituency, consisting of the Dohar and Nawabganj upazilas.[22]

He was appointed as the private industry and investment advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 15 January 2019.[23] Without any financial incentives, the post retains the rank of minister.[8]

Association[edit]

Rahman headed the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FBCCI) from 1994 to 1996.[6] He was a director of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission and Dhaka Stock Exchange.[24] Rahman was the former president of Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO)[25] and LPG Operators Association of Bangladesh (LOAB).[26] He is the Chairman of the Board of Governor of Bangladesh Enterprise Institute and the sporting club Abahani Limited Dhaka.[27][28][29][30]

Personal life[edit]

His son is married to the daughter of Morshed Khan.[31]

Controversies[edit]

A cable from United States ambassador in Dhaka leaked by WikiLeaks in 2007, alleged that Rahman is one of the biggest bank loan defaulters in Bangladesh.[32] Rahman was arrested on 4 February 2007 on charges of crime and corruption in 11 cases during the 2006-08 Bangladeshi political crisis. On 20 August 2008, the High Court of Bangladesh granted him bail in the case of bank forgery.[33] Rahman along with his elder brother was acquitted of 1996 stock market manipulation.[34] In the incident of 2010-11 share market scam, a probe body headed by Banker Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled also pointed their finger at Salman F Rahman involvement.[35]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "All to know about Salman F Rahman". Corporate Bangladesh.
  2. ↑ "Bangladesh's first family of business". Fortune India.
  3. ↑ "Salman F Rahman wins Dhaka-1 seat". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
  4. ↑ "Salman F Rahman on world billionaires' list". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Beximco: About". Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Salman F Rahman remains Sheikh Hasina's adviser". bdnews24.com. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Salman F Rahman". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Salman made PM's adviser". The Daily Star. 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "যেভাবে শিল্পপতি হলেন সালমান এফ রহমান". Ekushey TV. 23 May 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ Business, EENI- School of International. "Salman Rahman Muslim Businessman Bangladesh". en.reingex.com. Retrieved 2018-01-03. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ↑ IT, Beximco. "Welcome to the official Website of Salman F Rahman". salmanfrahman.com. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
  12. ↑ "Raw material import limit forces Beximco Pharma to cut output". The Daily Star. 2007-12-02. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  13. ↑ "Beximco Pharma commences export to the US - RNS - London Stock Exchange". www.londonstockexchange.com. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  14. ↑ "Another Beximco drug to reach US market". The Daily Star. 2017-07-25. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  15. ↑ "Beximco Pharma enters Canada". The Daily Star. 2017-09-18. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  16. ↑ Lall, Pavan. "Bangladesh's First Family of Business" (PDF). Fortune India. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  17. ↑ "Salman new chairman of IFIC Bank". bdnews24.com. 27 July 2022.
  18. ↑ "Salman F Rahman reelected as IFIC Bank chairman". The Daily Star. 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  19. ↑ "Salman F Rahman remains Sheikh Hasina's adviser". bdnews24.com.
  20. ↑ "Salman F Rahman made PM's new adviser". The Independent. Dhaka.
  21. ↑ "Salman F Rahman wins Dhaka-1 seat". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  22. ↑ "Awami League's new faces in Dhaka". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  23. ↑ "Salman F Rahman appointed as PM's adviser". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  24. ↑ "Salman joins DSE board as director". The Daily Star. 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  25. ↑ "Salman F Rahman elected new ATCO president". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  26. ↑ "Nasrul: LPG energy of the future". Dhaka Tribune.
  27. ↑ "Salman new chairman of IFIC Bank". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  28. ↑ "Bord of Governors". Bangladesh Enterprise Institute.
  29. ↑ "Mr. Salman F Rahman, Chairman". Bangladesh Enterprise Institute. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  30. ↑ "Abahani Limited chairman Salman F Rahman speaks during the 65th birth anniversary of Sheikh Kamal at the club's ground in Dhanmondi yesterday – NASHIRUL ISLAM".
  31. ↑ "Ex-FM Morshed Khan leaves for London by chartered flight in pandemic". bdnews24.com. 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  32. ↑ Allchin, Joseph (2016-04-11). "Opinion | Bangladesh's Other Banking Scam". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  33. ↑ Staff Correspondent (2008-08-28). "Salman Rahman freed on bail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  34. ↑ Staff Correspondent. "Beximco bosses acquitted of 1996 stock market manipulation charges". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
  35. ↑ Byron, Rejaul Karim; Rahman, Md Fazlur (2011-04-09). "Finger pointed at 60 individuals". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
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