Rehman Sobhan
![Sobhan with his mother Hashmat Ara Begum and younger brother [[Farooq Sobhan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Rehman_Sobhan_1952.jpg)
Aitchison College
Cambridge University
London School of Economics | spouse =
Rounaq Jahan (-present) | parents = Khonker Fazle Sobhan | relatives = Farooq Sobhan (brother)
Dhaka nawab family (maternal family)
Khawaja Nazimuddin (maternal great-uncle) | children = 2 | awards = Independence Day Award (2008) }} Rehman Sobhan (; 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. Provided by Wikipedia