Hedayetullah Al Mamun
Hedayetullah Al Mamoon is a retired senior secretary at the Ministry of Finance of Bangladesh and the chairperson of Janata Bank.
Early life
Mamun was born on October 5, 1958 in Nawabganj, Dhaka district. His father was Jalal Uddin Molla and mother was Fatema Khatun. He received a Bachelor's degree from the English Department of Dhaka University and completed the National Defense Course from the National Defense College. He earned a Masters in Public Affairs degree in Governance and Public Policy from Dhaka University.Career
Mamun joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1982.In November 2008, Mamun was appointed the additional secretary to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Bangladesh Judicial Service Association expressed concern over the appointment of Mamun as he was an admin cadre.
In 2009, Mamun served as the secretary of the Ministry of Culture. He then became the secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism in October 2009.
Mamun served as the secretary of the Ministry of Information.
From 2014 to 28 February 2017, Mamun was the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce. On 25 February 2018, he was appointed the chairman of Janata Bank, a state owned bank, by the Bank and Financial Institutions Division of the Ministry of Finance.
Mamun held a solo lecture on 28 June 2019 on the works of Ranjit Kumar Biswas, writer and former bureaucrat, at the Bangla Academy.
In 2020, Mamun became the member secretary of the newly launched Association of Former Secretaries. He is member of the governing body of Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management. In September 2022, the government dissolved the trustee board of Manarat International University and created a new board which included him.