Sobhan, Rehman

Rehman Sobhan (Bengali: রেহমান সোবহান; born 12 March 1935) is a Bangladeshi economist. Regarded as one of the country's top public thinkers, he is the founder of the Centre for Policy Dialogue. Sobhan is an icon of the Bangladeshi independence movement due to his role as a spokesman of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh in the United States during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was awarded the Independence Day Award, Bangladesh's highest civilian honour, in 2008. Sobhan was a member of Bangladesh's first Planning Commission (1972-1975) and an Adviser to the Caretaker Government led by Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed in 1990-91. He has authored several books, including notably Untranquil Recollections, which is a series that documents the history of Bangladesh from British rule to the early years of independent Bangladesh.