Fazle Abed
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About
Social worker who was the founder of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) in 1972.
Before Fame
He broke tradition by studying Naval Architecture at the University of Glasgow.
Trivia
He was given the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1980.
Family Life
He was born into a well-off Hasan family in Baniachong, British India.
Associated With
He won the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1980, two years before fellow Bangladeshi Muhammad Yunus would win the same honor.
