title: Osman Ghani Khan
text: # Osman Ghani Khan
  
  Osman Ghani Khan (1923-2000) was the former chairman of the United Nations Board of Auditors, a Bangladeshi civil servant, economist, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Pabna-2.
  
  ## Education
  
  Khan passed higher secondary from Government Saadat College in 1940. In 1943 and 1945, he received his B.A. (Honours) and M.A. in Economics from University of Calcutta, respectively.
  
  ## Career
  
  Khan was appointed the first Defense secretary of Bangladesh in 1972. He was appointed to the constitutional post Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh at 1976. From 1980 to 1982, Khan was elected as chairman of the United Nations Board of Auditors. After retirement, he was elected as a member of parliament from Pabna-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1991. He was appointed the Minister of Public Administration.
  
  ## Death
  
  Khan died on 26 April 2000 in Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore.
  
  