muhammad yunus
Muhammad Yunus (born 28 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur, banker, economist and civil society leader. Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for founding the Grameen Bank and pioneering the concepts of microcredit and microfinance. Yunus has received several other national and international honours, including from the US. He first received a Fulbright Scholarship from the US State Department, then received the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2010. In 2020, he also signed a letter from the National Endowment for Democracy. In 2024, after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina, he was appointed as the head of the Bangladesh Interim Government.
In February 2011, Yunus together with Saskia Bruysten, Sophie Eisenmann and Hans Reitz co-founded Yunus Social Business – Global Initiatives (YSB). YSB creates and empowers social businesses to address and solve social problems around the world. As the international implementation arm for Yunus' vision of a new, humane capitalism, YSB manages incubator funds for social businesses in developing countries and provides advisory services to companies, governments, foundations and NGOs.
In 2012, he became Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland, a position he held until 2018. Previously, he was a professor of economics at Chittagong University in Bangladesh. He published several books related to his finance work. He is a founding board member of Grameen America and Grameen Foundation, which support microcredit.
Yunus also served on the board of directors of the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to support UN causes, from 1998 to 2021.
After dissolving parliament on 6 August 2024, Bangladeshi president Mohammed Shahabuddin nominated Yunus to serve as the head of the interim government of Bangladesh in accordance with student demands following the resignation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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In February 2011, Yunus together with Saskia Bruysten, Sophie Eisenmann and Hans Reitz co-founded Yunus Social Business – Global Initiatives (YSB). YSB creates and empowers social businesses to address and solve social problems around the world. As the international implementation arm for Yunus' vision of a new, humane capitalism, YSB manages incubator funds for social businesses in developing countries and provides advisory services to companies, governments, foundations and NGOs.
In 2012, he became Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland, a position he held until 2018. Previously, he was a professor of economics at Chittagong University in Bangladesh. He published several books related to his finance work. He is a founding board member of Grameen America and Grameen Foundation, which support microcredit.
Yunus also served on the board of directors of the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to support UN causes, from 1998 to 2021.
After dissolving parliament on 6 August 2024, Bangladeshi president Mohammed Shahabuddin nominated Yunus to serve as the head of the interim government of Bangladesh in accordance with student demands following the resignation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Muhammad Yunus kuongoza serikali ya mpito Bangladesh baada ya Waziri Mkuu kujiuzulu na kukimbia nchi
Muhammad Yunus Muhammad Yunus, ambaye ni mshindi wa Nobel ndiye atakayeongoza serikali ya mpito ya nchi ya Bangladesh baada ya Waziri Mkuu wa zamani Sheikh Hasina kujiuzulu na kukimbia nchi kufuatia vuguvugu kubwa la kupinga utawala wake lililoongozwa na wanafunzi. Tangazo hilo limetolewa...- The Sheriff
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