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{{Short description|Bangladeshi businessman}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Salman Fazlur Rahman
| native_name = সালমান এফ রহমান
| image = Salman Fazlur Rahman 2020 (50347177048).jpg
| office = [[Member of Parliament #Bangladesh|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency = [[Dhaka-1]]
| term_start = 3 January 2019
| predecessor = [[Salma Islam]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|5|23}}
| birth_place = [[Dhaka]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| alma_mater = * [[Notre Dame College, Dhaka|Notre Dame College]]
* [[University of Dhaka]]
* [[University of Karachi]]
| occupation = Vice Chairman of [[Beximco Group]]
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| relatives = [[Fazlur Rahman (politician)|Fazlur Rahman]] (father)
| website = {{url|salmanfrahman.com}}
| image_size = 250
}}

'''Salman Fazlur Rahman''' (born 23 May 1951)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://corporatebangladesh.net/all-to-know-about-salman-f-rahman/|title=All to know about Salman F Rahman|website=Corporate Bangladesh}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi businessman,<ref name="fortuneindia.com">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.fortuneindia.com/people/bangladeshs-first-family-of-business/100992|title=Bangladesh's first family of business|magazine=Fortune India}}</ref> advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and a member of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]]. Currently, he is holding the rank of a cabinet minister and serving as the Private Industry and Investment Adviser to Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/181167 |title=Salman F Rahman wins Dhaka-1 seat |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref> He was ranked 1685th on the list of billionaires in the world published by Beijing-based Hurun Gobal in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/people-feature/2017/03/09/business-tycoon-salman-f-rahman-world-billionaires-list/|title=Salman F Rahman on world billionaires' list |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref> He is the vice chairman of [[Beximco Group]], one of the largest conglomerates in Bangladesh.<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=http://beximco.com/#about|title=Beximco: About|accessdate=8 August 2017}}</ref> Earlier he served as the private sector development affairs adviser to the [[Bangladesh Awami League]] President [[Sheikh Hasina]].<ref name=adviser>{{cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2016/11/06/salman-f-rahman-remains-sheikh-hasina-s-adviser|title=Salman F Rahman remains Sheikh Hasina's adviser|date=6 November 2016|accessdate=8 August 2017|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> He was the president of several trade bodies including Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/95771|title=Salman F Rahman |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |accessdate=22 May 2017}}</ref> In January 2019, he was appointed as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's adviser on private industry and investment.<ref name="Salman made PM's adviser">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/salman-fazlur-rahman-appointed-prime-minister-adviser-1687954|title=Salman made PM's adviser|date=2019-01-16 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Rahman was born in [[Dohar Upazila]] of Dhaka District to [[Fazlur Rahman (politician)|Fazlur Rahman]] and Syeda Fatina Rahman. He is married to Syeda Rubaba Rahman and has a son named Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman. He passed the Higher Secondary Examination from [[Notre Dame College, Dhaka]] and was admitted to the Physics Department of [[University of Dhaka]] in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 May 2019|title=যেভাবে শিল্পপতি হলেন সালমান এফ রহমান|url=https://www.ekushey-tv.com/যেভাবে-শিল্পপতি-হলেন-সালমান-এফ-রহমান/69839|url-status=live|website=Ekushey TV}}</ref> Later, he received graduation from [[Karachi University]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=23 May 2019|title=যেভাবে শিল্পপতি হলেন সালমান এফ রহমান|url=https://www.ekushey-tv.com/যেভাবে-শিল্পপতি-হলেন-সালমান-এফ-রহমান/69839|url-status=live|website=Ekushey TV}}</ref>

== Career==
Rahman and his older brother, Sohail F Rahman, started operating a family-owned jute factory in 1966. The government nationalized the factory in 1972. They established the [[Beximco|Bangladesh Export and Import Company Limited]] (Beximco Group) in 1972 and started exporting seafood and crushed bones to the European countries and import medicines in exchange of the exports of seafood and crushed bones.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.reingex.com/Salman-Rahman-Bangladesh.shtml|title=Salman Rahman Muslim Businessman Bangladesh|last=Business|first=EENI- School of International|website=en.reingex.com|language=English|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref> Beximco Group is one of Bangladesh 's leading conglomerates with subsidiaries including BexTex, Beximco Pharmaceuticals, and Shinepukur Ceramics. Beximco employs more than 70,000 people worldwide and is the largest employer in the private sector in Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web|last=IT|first=Beximco|title=Welcome to the official Website of Salman F Rahman|url=https://www.salmanfrahman.com/|access-date=2021-11-05|website=salmanfrahman.com}}</ref>

In 1976, Rahman brothers established Beximco Pharmaceuticals. Later on, this company was listed as the first Bangladeshi company at the London's [[Alternative Investment Market]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-13891|title=Raw material import limit forces Beximco Pharma to cut output|date=2007-12-02|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-09|language=en}}</ref><ref name=about/> The company is listed in [[Alternative Investment Market|Aim of London Stock Exchange]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/BXP/12920291.html|title=Beximco Pharma commences export to the US - RNS - London Stock Exchange|website=www.londonstockexchange.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-08}}</ref> and also accredited by many foreign regulatory authorities including the US FDA for its export operations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/business/another-beximco-drug-reach-us-market-1438261|title=Another Beximco drug to reach US market|date=2017-07-25|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-09|language=en}}</ref> In addition, it is the first Bangladeshi company to export medicines to Canada.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/business/beximco-pharma-enters-canada-1463614|title=Beximco Pharma enters Canada|date=2017-09-18|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-07-03}}</ref>

In 1982, the brothers partnered with the Dubai-based Galadari Brothers Group to establish the [[AB Bank]].<ref name=fortune>{{cite web|url=http://beximco.org/BEXIMCO_in_Fortune_India.pdf|publisher=Fortune India|accessdate=8 August 2017|title=Bangladesh's First Family of Business|first=Pavan|last=Lall}}</ref> In 1985, Salman Fazlur Rahman sold his stake to other partners. Subsequently, the brothers bought 30% stake in [[IFIC Bank]]. Rahman became chairman of the bank in 2010<ref>{{cite news |title=Salman new chairman of IFIC Bank |url=http://bdnews24.com/business/2010/07/27/salman-new-chairman-of-ific-bank1 |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=27 July 2010}}</ref> and was re-elected in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/business/banking/salman-f-rahman-reelected-ific-bank-chairman-1256782|title=Salman F Rahman reelected as IFIC Bank chairman|date=2016-07-21|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-07-03}}</ref>

Rahman owns the English Daily ''[[The Independent (Bangladesh newspaper)]]'' and the Bangla News Channel ''[[Independent Television (Bangladesh)]]''. He is the Chairman of the Board of Editors of ''the'' ''Daily Independent''.<ref name="adviser" />

== Politics ==
Rahman entered politics in the mid-1990s and founded a political party under the banner Samriddhya Bangladesh Andolan. Later he joined the [[Bangladesh Awami League]]. He was the Bangladesh Awami League nominee from a constituency in [[Dhaka-1]]: [[Dohar Upazila]] in [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|Bangladeshi general election in 2001]].<ref name="adviser" />

Currently, he is the Private Sector Development Adviser to President of Bangladesh Awami League and Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina.<ref name="bdnews24.com">{{cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2016/11/06/salman-f-rahman-remains-sheikh-hasina-s-adviser|title=Salman F Rahman remains Sheikh Hasina's adviser |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite news |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/67213|title=Salman F Rahman made PM's new adviser |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka}}</ref>

Rahman contested from Dhaka-1 constituency ([http://dohar.dhaka.gov.bd/ Dohar] and [http://nawabganj.dhaka.gov.bd/ Nawabganj Upazila]) in the 2018 parliamentary election and received 3,04,797 votes from 178 centres of the constituency while the nearest rival Salma Islam received 38,017 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/181167|title=Salman F Rahman wins Dhaka-1 seat |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> He contested the election with the Awami League's symbol boat and secured 86.5% of the votes of the constituency, consisting of the Dohar and Nawabganj upazilas.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/2019/01/02/awami-league-s-new-faces-in-dhaka|title=Awami League's new faces in Dhaka|date=2019-01-01|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>

He was appointed as the private industry and investment advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 15 January 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/government-affairs/2019/01/15/salman-f-rahman-appointed-as-pm-s-adviser|title=Salman F Rahman appointed as PM's adviser|date=2019-01-15|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2019-01-16}}</ref> Without any financial incentives, the post retains the rank of minister.<ref name="Salman made PM's adviser"/>

== Association ==
Rahman headed the [[Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries]] (FBCCI) from 1994 to 1996.<ref name=adviser/> He was a director of the [[Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission]] and [[Dhaka Stock Exchange]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-201676|title=Salman joins DSE board as director|date=2011-09-09|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-07-03}}</ref> Rahman was the former president of [[Association of Television Channel Owners]] (ATCO)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.daily-sun.com/post/228190/Salman-F-Rahman-elected-new-ATCO-president|title=Salman F Rahman elected new ATCO president|work=Daily Sun|access-date=2018-01-09|language=en}}</ref> and [[LPG Operators Association of Bangladesh]] (LOAB).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/power-energy/2017/02/27/nasrul-lpg-energy-future/|title=Nasrul: LPG energy of the future |work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> He is the Chairman of the Board of Governor of [[Bangladesh Enterprise Institute]] and the sporting club [[Abahani Limited Dhaka]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/business/2010/07/27/salman-new-chairman-of-ific-bank1|title=Salman new chairman of IFIC Bank |work=bdnews24.com|access-date=2018-01-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bei-bd.org/board-of-governors/ |title=Bord of Governors |website=Bangladesh Enterprise Institute}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bei-bd.org/bogov/mr-salman-f-rahman-chairman/ |title=Mr. Salman F Rahman, Chairman |publisher=Bangladesh Enterprise Institute |accessdate=8 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/sport/football/2014/08/05/construction-of-sheikh-kamal-sports-complex-begins-in-september/attachment/abahani-limited-chairman-salman-f-rahman-speaks-during-the-65th-birth-anniversary-of-sheikh-kamal-at-the-clubs-ground-in-dhanmondi-yesterday-nashirul-islam/|title=Abahani Limited chairman Salman F Rahman speaks during the 65th birth anniversary of Sheikh Kamal at the club's ground in Dhanmondi yesterday – NASHIRUL ISLAM}}</ref>

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