M. Hafizuddin Khan


M. Hafizuddin Khan was a Bangladeshi career bureaucrat, 6th comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh, and adviser to the caretaker government heading the Ministries of [Minister of Minister of Finance (Bangladesh)|Finance (Bangladesh)|Finance], Planning, Jute and Textiles.

Early life

Khan completed his B.A. and M.A. in political science from Dhaka University in 1961. He obtained a diploma in Development Finance from the University of Birmingham.

Career

Khan joined the Central Civil Service of Pakistan in 1964 as an Audit and Accounts cadre. He served in the railway Accounts Service and Defence Finance Department. He was placed in the senior service pool of the Government of Bangladesh in 1977. He served as a director at BASIC Bank Limited and Rupali Bank. He was the chairman of Agrani Bank. He also did a stint in the Prime Minister's Secretariat. He was the 6th Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh. He retired in 1999 from the government service. He was the chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Transparency International Bangladesh. He was the vice-president of Anjuman Mofidul Islam. He was the founder-chairman of a civil society organization named Citizens for Good Governance (SHUJAN). He was a director of MIDAS Financing Limited.
He served as an adviser in the caretaker government, Latifur Rahman Cabinet in 2001. He was in charge of the Ministries of Finance, Planning, Jute, and Textiles with the rank of minister.

Death

Khan died at a private hospital in Uttara, Dhaka, on 21 January 2026, at the age of 89.