{{Other uses|Ghulam Rahman (disambiguation)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ghulam Rahman | office = 3rd Chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission | native_name = গোলাম রহমান | native_name_lang = bn | appointer = Zillur Rahman | predecessor = Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury | president = Zillur Rahman<br />Mohammad Abdul Hamid | successor = M Badiuzzaman | term_start = 1 May 2009 | term_end = 23 June 2013 }} '''Ghulam Rahman''' ({{langx|bn|গোলাম রহমান}}) is a former government secretary at the Ministry of Shipping<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-06-08 |title=Ghulam Rahman takes over as ACC chairman June 24 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-91710 |access-date=2022-03-23 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> and president of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-12-02 |title=Consumers, industrialists slam energy regulator over tariff setting failure |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/energy/consumers-industrialists-slam-energy-regulator-over-tariff-setting-failure-337999 |access-date=2022-03-23 |work=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref> He is the former chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission and Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ghulam Rahman says graft reduces at upper level |url=https://www.risingbd.com/english/national/news/3658 |access-date=2022-03-23 |work=Risingbd.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Lack of governance raises corruption |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/158006/lack-of-governance-raises-corruption |access-date=2022-03-23 |work=New Age |language=en}}</ref>
== Career == Rahman taught economics at the University of Dhaka in the 1960s after which he joined the Central Superior Services of Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Golam Rahman new ACC chief |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/golam-rahman-new-acc-chief |access-date=2022-03-23 |work=bdnews24.com |date=30 April 2009}}</ref>
Rahman retired as secretary of the Ministry of Shipping in 2004.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2009-05-01 |title=Ghulam Rahman new ACC chief |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-86361 |access-date=2022-03-23 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
In 2007, the caretaker government appointed Rahman chairman of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission.<ref name=":0" />
On 1 May 2009, Rahman was appointed chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission.<ref name=":0" /> Rahman replaced Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury.<ref name=":0" /> The government of Bangladesh also downgraded the status of the post from that of a minister to that of a judge of Bangladesh Supreme Court.<ref name=":0" />
In 2013, Rahman said that the Anti-Corruption Commission had become "toothless" due to its weak ability to prosecute suspects.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-06-19 |title=ACC is a 'toothless tiger': Ghulam Rahman |url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2013/06/19/acc-is-a-toothless-tiger-ghulam-rahman |access-date=2022-03-23 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title='ACC is a toothless tiger' |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/acc-is-a-toothless-tiger |access-date=2022-03-23 |work=bdnews24.com |date=19 June 2013}}</ref> He had in the past blamed the judiciary for failure to reduce corruption.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Bangladesh ACC Chairman for Tough Stand against Corruptions |url=https://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-2009-10-14-voa3-94446299/1397805.html |access-date=2022-03-23 |work=VOA |language=bn}}</ref> On 23 June, he completed his 4 year term as chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |title=Ghulam Rahman made CAB president |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/Ghulam-Rahman-made-CAB-president |access-date=2022-03-23 |work=Prothom Alo |language=en}}</ref>
Rahman became president of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh in August 2014 after the death of the last president, Quazi Faruque.<ref name=":1" />
On 8 December 2021, Rahman was re-elected president of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ghulam Rahman re-elected president of CAB |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/592471/Ghulam-Rahman-reelected-president-of-CAB |access-date=2022-03-23 |work=Daily Sun |language=en}}</ref>
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