Mohammed Farashuddin

{{Short description|Bangladeshi economist (born 1942)}}

{{expand Bangla|মোহাম্মদ ফরাসউদ্দিন|date=October 2023}}{{infobox officeholder

| name = Mohammed Farashuddin

| native_name = মোহাম্মদ ফরাসউদ্দিন

| native_name_lang = bn

| image = Mohammed Farashuddin (Bangladesh Bank Governor) 02.jpg

| caption = Farashuddin speaking at the 2nd convocation of Premier University, Chittagong.

| office = Governor of Bangladesh Bank

| term_start = 24 November 1998

| term_end = 22 November 2001

| predecessor = Lutfar Rahman Sarkar

| successor = Fakhruddin Ahmed

| nationality = Bangladeshi

| citizenship = British India (Before 1947)

Pakistan (Before 1971)

Bangladesh

}}

Mohammed Farashuddin (born 18 April 1942) is a Bangladeshi economist who served as the seventh governor of Bangladesh Bank, the central bank of Bangladesh. He served during 1998–2001.{{cite web|title=Governors of BB|url=https://www.bb.org.bd/aboutus/bbgovernors.php|accessdate=6 January 2016|publisher=Bangladesh Bank}}{{cite news|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bangladesh_Bank|title=Bangladesh Bank|author=Muhammad Abdul Mazid|accessdate=6 January 2016|website=Banglapedia}} He is the founder of East West University (EWU) where he was the founding vice-chancellor during 1995–1998. He is currently the chairperson of the board of trustees of the university.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ewubd.edu/chairperson-board-of-trustees/|title=Chairperson, Board of Trustees |publisher=East West University|website=www.ewubd.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-26}} Farashuddin also served as the private secretary to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from 1973 to 1975.{{Cite news |date=2021-08-14|title=Where were you on August 15, 1975: Dr Mohammed Farashuddin|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2021/08/14/where-were-you-on-august-15-1975-dr-mohammed-farashuddin|access-date=2021-12-12|work=Dhaka Tribune}}