Английская Википедия:Asif Ali (auditor general)

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Asif Ali is the 9th Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh.[1]

Career

Ali joined the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation in 1982 as a Member of Martial Law Committee.[2] In 1991, he was a member of the National Pay Scale Implementation Committee.[2] He was the Chairman of the Accounts Consolidation Task Force.[2]

On 3 January 2003, Ali was sworn in as the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh by Chief Justice Mainur Reza Chowdhury.[3] He replaced Ahsan Ali Sarkar as Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh.[3] In 2004, the Minister of Finance, M Saifur Rahman, criticized the Comptroller and Auditor General for reporting 'insignificant issues' which led to negative perceptions of Bangladesh and use of the reports by Transparency International.[4]

In 2006, Ali was included in the Capacity Building Committee of International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions.[5] He called for Information Technology-based auditing practices in Bangladesh.[6]

Ali was the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh till 1 January 2008.[2] Ahmed Ataul Hakeem succeeded him as the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh.[7] On 31 July 2008, Ali was included in the Truth and Accountability Commission.[8] The Truth and Accountability Commission was established on 30 July 2008 by the Fakhruddin Ahmed led Caretaker Government to increase the speed of corruption cases.[9][10][11] The Caretaker Government had arrested numerous politicians including former Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia on corruption charges.[12] The commission was made up of a former Judge of Bangladesh Supreme Court Justice Habibur Rahman Khan, Ali, and a retired Major General Manzur Rashid Chowdhury from Bangladesh Army.[12][13] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina disclosed the names of 456 people who had confessed to the commission in April 2009.[14]

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