Who is Nobel laureate Yunus protesters chose as chief adviser?

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, the pioneer of the global microcredit movement who could shepherd Bangladesh's new interim government, was an arch foe of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who has resigned and fled the country.

Known as the "banker to the poor", Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for helping lift millions from poverty by providing tiny loans of sums less than $100 to the rural poor.

Their lending model has inspired similar projects around the world, including the US where Yunus started a separate nonprofit Grameen America.

As his success grew, Yunus, now 84, flirted with politics attempting to form his party in 2007. But his ambitions were viewed as having sparked the ire of Hasina, who accused him of "sucking blood from the poor".