Promode Mankin

Promode Mankin
প্রমোদ মানকিন
Mankin during his visit to Moscow in 2012
State Minister of Social Welfare Affairs
In office
31 July 2009 – 11 May 2016
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded bySelima Rahman
Succeeded byK. M. Khalid
Member of Parliament
In office
1 October 2001 – 11 May 2016
Preceded byAfzal H. Khan
Succeeded byJewel Areng
ConstituencyMymensingh-1
Personal details
Born(1939-04-18)18 April 1939
Netrokona, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died11 May 2016(2016-05-11) (aged 76)
Mumbai, India
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
SpouseMomota Areng
Children6
RelativesJewel Areng (son)

Promode Mankin (18 April 1939 – 11 May 2016)[1] was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and state minister of social welfare affairs. He was the first Catholic and first member of the country's Christian community to become a government minister in Bangladesh. Later, his son, Jewel Areng, was elected MP after his father's death in his constituency.[2]

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