Wahiduddin Mahmud

Wahiduddin Mahmud
Adviser for Planning
Assumed office
16 August 2024
Chief AdviserMuhammad Yunus
Preceded bySalehuddin Ahmed
Adviser for Education
In office
16 August 2024  5 March 2025
Chief AdviserMuhammad Yunus
Preceded byMohibul Hasan Chowdhury
Succeeded byChowdhury Rafiqul Abrar
Personal details
Born (1948-07-01) 1 July 1948
Noakhali, East Bengal Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
SpouseSimeen Mahmud
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Cambridge University
London School of Economics
OccupationEconomist

Wahiduddin Mahmud (born 1 July 1948) is an economist from Bangladesh. He has been serving as an adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh since 16 August 2024. He is a member of the United Nations Committee for Development Policy. He was in charge of the Ministry of Finance and Planning in the caretaker government of Bangladesh in 1996.

Mahmud is a professor of economics at the University of Dhaka.