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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Mashiur Rahman
| image =
| alt = Mashiur Rahman
| caption = Mashiur Rahman
|office = 4th [[List of Prime Ministers of Bangladesh|Prime Minister of Bangladesh]]
|president = [[Ziaur Rahman]]
|deputy = [[Jamal Uddin Ahmad]]<ref name=bdnews24>{{cite news|title=Former deputy prime minister Jamal Uddin Ahmad dies |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/01/04/former-deputy-prime-minister-jamal-uddin-ahmad-dies |work=[[Bdnews24.com]] |date=4 January 2015 |access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref>
|term_start = 29 June 1978
|term_end = 12 March 1979
|predecessor = [[Muhammad Mansur Ali]]
|successor = [[Shah Azizur Rahman]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1924|7|9|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Rangpur District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now in [[Bangladesh]])
|death_date = {{death date and age|1979|3|12|1924|7|9|df=y}}
|death_place =
|party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (1975)
|otherparty = [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]] (Before 1954) [[National Awami Party]] (1954–1975)
|alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]
}}

'''Mashiur Rahman''' (9 July 1924 {{ndash}} 12 March 1979), also known as '''Jadu Mia''', was a senior minister, with the rank and status of a prime minister in charge of the ministry of Railways, Roads and Highways of the [[Bangladesh]] from 29 June 1978 to 12 March 1979.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Jadu Mia played pivotal role in transition to democracy after 1975: discussants|url=http://newagebd.net/102451/jadu-mia-played-pivotal-role-in-transition-to-democracy-after-1975-discussants/|access-date=3 July 2016|work=New Age|date=13 March 2015}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Mashiur Rahman, Jadu Miah(Man of Magic) was born in 1924 in [[Rangpur District|Rangpur]], [[British India]] (Now Khaga Khari Bari village of [[Dimla]] Upazila of [[Nilphamari]] District, [[Bangladesh]]).<ref name=":0" />

==Political career==
Mashiur Rahman Jadu Mia was an elected member of [[National Council of Pakistan]] in 1962 and led the council as deputy leader of the opposition. He was arrested in 1963 for his involvement in the anti-government movement. Before the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|liberation war]], in 1971, Jadu Miah formally declared Bangladesh's independence and called for forming an all-party government at a public gathering at [[Paltan Maidan]] on 23 March. He became [[Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani]]'s deputy leader in the [[National Awami Party]] in the same period.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Badrul Ahsan|first1=Syed|title=Remembering the Red Moulana|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/remembering-the-red-moulana|access-date=3 July 2016|work=The Daily Star|date=17 November 2013}}</ref>

===After 1971===
After the [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|assassination]] of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] in 1975, the post of [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]] was abolished.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}

When [[Ziaur Rahman]], who came to power in November 1975, became the [[President of Bangladesh]] on 21 April 1977, a ministerial system was reestablished, and Mashiur Rahman served as a senior minister with the rank and status of a prime minister in charge of the Ministry of Railways, Roads and Highways of [[Bangladesh]] from 29 June 1978 to 12 March 1979. He was instrumental in the founding of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/archive_details.php?date=2011-07-09&nid=25551 |title=Moshiur Rahman's birth anniv today |work=New Age |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201233533/http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/archive_details.php?date=2011-07-09&nid=25551 |archive-date=2014-02-01 |access-date=2014-02-01}}</ref> Despite plans and Ziaur Rahman's wish to appoint him prime minister, following his sudden death on 12 March 1979, [[Shah Azizur Rahman]] was appointed to the office on 15 April 1979.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ahmed|first1=Rumi|title=Ziaur Rahman: the kind of statesman we need now|url=http://opinion.bdnews24.com/2011/05/30/ziaur-rahman-the-kind-of-statesman-we-need-now/|access-date=3 July 2016|work=bdnews24.com|date=30 May 2011|type=Opinion}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
His eldest son, [[Shafiqul Ghani Swapan]], was a state minister in the government of President Ziaur Rahman and President Hussain Muhammad Ershad - his brother in law.<ref name="segv">{{cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/cache/cached-news-details-102799.html|title=Ex-minister Shafiqul Ghani no more|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=20 January 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:1979 deaths]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians]]
[[Category:Bengali Muslims]]
[[Category:University of Dhaka alumni]]
[[Category:Railways ministers of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Road Transport and Bridges ministers of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Prime Ministers of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Pakistani MNAs 1962–1965]]
[[Category:People from Nilphamari District]]
[[Category:20th-century Bengalis]]

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