Fakir Abdul Mannan (1901, Gazipur - 1994) [1] [2] was a Bangladeshi lawyer and the former Minister of Agriculture of East Pakistan. [3]
Mannan was involved in the Pakistan Movement as a leader of the Muslim League. [4] He stood for one of the Dhaka seats in the 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election, but lost to law student Tajuddin Ahmad by 13 thousand votes. [5] In 1960, Mannan was the secretary of the Provincial Muslim League. [6]
Mannan was the Minister of Food and Agriculture of East Pakistan from 1965 to 1968. [2] [7] [8] He is a former Provincial General Secretary of East Pakistan Muslim League. [9] He also served as the President of East Pakistan Provincial Muslim League and had called Bengalis "crooks that is why they respond to the leadership of a crook". [10]
Mannan' son, Hannan Shah, was a former Minister of Bangladesh and his other son, Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman, was a justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court. [2]
Mannan died in 1994. He is buried in Chala Bazar, Gazipur. [2] [1]
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[photo caption:] receiving the 1st Prize (Fish Aquarium) from Food and Agriculture Minister of East Pakistan, Mr. Fakir Abdul Mannan.