M. A. Mannan

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M. A. Mannan
এম. এ. মান্নান
1st Mayor of Gazipur
In office
1 June 2017 – 6 July 2017
Preceded byAsadur Rahman Kiron (acting)
Succeeded byAsadur Rahman Kiron (acting)
In office
6 July 2013 – 11 February 2015
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAsadur Rahman Kiron (acting)
Minister of State for Religious Affairs
In office
20 March 1991 – 30 March 1996
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded byKazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad
Succeeded byAbdur Rahman Khan
Member of Parliament
In office
5 March 1991 – 24 November 1995
Preceded byHasan Uddin Sarkar
Succeeded byAhsanullah Master
ConstituencyGazipur-2
Personal details
Born1950
Gazipur, East Bengal, Pakistan (Now, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Died (aged 72)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Awards Bir Bikrom

Mohammad Abdul Mannan (1950 – 28 April 2022)[1] was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He was the first elected city mayor of Gazipur City Corporation of Bangladesh.[2] Before that he served as the religious affairs minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1993.[3] He also served as the minister of science and technology from 1993 to 1995.

Career[edit]

Abdul Mannan was elected Gazipur City Corporation mayor in July 2013 and assumed office in August. In February 2015, police arrested him for his suspected involvement in an arson attack on a bus in Gazipur in February the same year.[4] The next month, panel mayor, local Awami League leader Asadur Rahman Kiron, who was elected a ward councillor, was made acting mayor upon a court directive. Mannan was released from jail in March 2016. He was arrested again in April the same year and released in January 2017.[5] He rejoined the office in June 2017 but Local Government Division (LGD) suspended him for the third time on 6 July 2017.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "First mayor of Gazipur city MA Mannan no more". The Daily Star. 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  2. ^ "Gazipur city Mayor detained". World Times 24. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  3. ^ "People will vote for me: Mannan". bdnews24.com. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  4. ^ "GCC Mayor Mannan arrested in city". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Gazipur city mayor suspended again". The Daily Star. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Suspension, once again". The Daily Star. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.