Hussain Zillur Rahman

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Hossain Zillur Rahman is an academic, economist and policy maker from Bangladesh. Combining degrees in economics (Masters, Dhaka University) and political sociology (Ph.D, Manchester University), Hossain Zillur Rahman is a leading policy voice on poverty, governance, social protection, education, social protection, urbanization and political development. He led the drafting of the poverty reduction strategy of the government in 2005 and was a member of the Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation (ISACPA). He founded the Dhaka-based think-tank Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) in 1996 and prior to that was for over twenty years a leading researcher at the Bangladesh Institute of development Studies. On 9 January 2008, he was appointed as an adviser (cabinet minister) to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh, led by Fakhruddin Ahmed and was entrusted with the ministries of commerce and education. He served in this capacity till evening of 6 January 2009. He was instrumental in driving a political negotiation process between the Caretaker government and the army on one hand and the two major political parties, Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on the other that led to the successful election of 29 December 2008. For this, he is credited with a lead role in the successful return of Bangladesh to electoral democracy. He was an Inspire Fellow at the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University, USA and was awarded the Dr. John Meyer Global Citizenship Award by the Institute in November, 2009. In 2013, he was awarded Gold Medal by Rotary International Bangladesh. Hossain Zillur Rahman has been a regular resource person at the National Defence College in Dhaka since its inception in 1999. In 2011 Hossain Zillur established the research-based civic platform - Chittagong Research Initiative (CRI). He is the convener of two new civic platforms - SROTA (Safe Roads and Transport Alliance) launched on 8 October 2016 and HEALTHY BANGLADESH launched on 13 May 2017. Currently the Executive Chairman of Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) (www.pprc-bd.org), Hossain Zillur's newest area of engagement is sustainable health-care, urban poverty and urban innovations. (Source: DBPedia)