Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman

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A S M Mustafizur Rahman
আ স ম মুস্তাফিজুর রহমান
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
20 March 1991 –January 1996
Military service
AllegianceFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (before 1971)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Branch/serviceFlag of the Pakistani Army.svg  Pakistan Army
Flag of the Bangladesh Army.svg  Bangladesh Army
Years of service1955–1973
Rank Bangladesh-army-OF-4.svg Lieutenant Colonel
Unit Baloch Regiment
Regiment of Artillery
Commands

Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman (24 November 1934 – 30 November 1996) was a lieutenant colonel of the Bangladesh Army, a Jatiya Sangsad member of parliament representing the Khulna-2 and Bagerhat-2 constituencies, and a government minister. [1]

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Early life

Mustafizur Rahman was born on 24 November 1934 at Ranabijoypur in Bagerhat in the then Bengal Presidency. His father Khan Bahadur Bazlur Rahman was a custom commissioner. He studied in St. Xavier's Collegiate School in Kolkata, West Bengal. He studied further in St. Gregory's School in Dhaka, East Bengal and later joined Dhaka College. He graduated from Peshawar University. [1]

Career

Mustafizur Rahman joined the Pakistan army as a cadet in 1952 and received his commission on 13 March 1955. He started his career in the army in the Fifth Baloch Regiment. In 1956 he was selected to be an artillery officer. He worked in the Inter-Service Detective Branch. He completed his PSC degree from the Command and Staff College in Queta, Pakistan in 1962. After the independence of Bangladesh, he joined the Bangladesh army and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1973. He retired from service soon after. [1]

Mustafizur Rahman started his political career after retirement from the army. President Ziaur Rahman placed him in charge of the Ministry of Home in 1977. In 1978 he was made the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1979 he was elected to parliament from Bagerhat-2 from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. he served as the Home Minister until 27 November 1981. He was the Commerce Minister in the Abdus Sattar cabinet. He was elected as general secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 1985. [1]

In 1991, Mustafizur Rahman was elected to parliament and served subsequently as the foreign minister from March 1991 to March 1996. [2] He served as the president of Gulshan Rotary Club and Cricket Control Board. He was a former chairman of National Sports Control Board and Mohammedan Sporting Club and Brothers Union Club. In 1993 he received the Gawanghwa Medal from the South Korean government. [1]

Mustafizur Rahman died on 30 November 1996. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Rahman, Lt. Colonel ASM Mustafizur". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN   984-32-0576-6. OCLC   52727562. OL   30677644M . Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Mr. A. S. M. Mustafizur Rahman". mofa.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
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