Abdul Mannan (politician, born 1935)

Abdul Mannan
আবদুল মান্নান
Minister of Religious Affairs
In office
1986 – 14 June 1988[1]
Member of Parliament
for
In office
2 April 1979 – 24 March 1982
Preceded byMizanur Rahman Chowdhury[3]
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of Parliament
for Chandpur-6
In office
10 July 1986 – 6 December 1990
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byAlamgir Hyder Khan[4]
Personal details
Died (aged 71)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi

Abdul Mannan (died 6 February 2006)[5] was a Bangladeshi religious leader and journalist who served as the minister for religious affairs in the cabinet of Hussain Muhammad Ershad. He was a collaborator of the Pakistan Army and was accused of war crimes during the Bangladesh Liberation War.[6]

  1. ^ "Ershad Fires Religion Minister". AP News. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. ^ "List of 5th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference nomore was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Inqilab press sealed, 3 arrested". BDNews24. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.