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{{short description|Bangladeshi Academic and Politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Mohammad Abdullah, 2019.jpg
| caption =
| name = Mohammad Abdullah
| native_name_lang = bn
| nationality = [[Bangladeshi]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|01|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chandpur District|Chandpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now [[Bangladesh]])
| education = B.Com. (Hons), M.Com. ([[University of Dhaka]]), F.C.I.S (Chartered Secretary) (U.K)
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] [1991-2001]
| otherparty = [[Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh)|Liberal Democratic Party]] [2006-2019 (Resigned from active politics)]
}}

'''Mohammad Abdullah''' (born 1 January 1937) is a Bangladeshi politician and academic. After teaching in higher education for over a decade, he served three terms as a Member of Parliament from the constituency 263, [[Chandpur-4]], as a nominee of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] from 1991 to 2001.<ref>[http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-5th-parliament-members-bangla List of 5th Parliament Members], Parliament of Bangladesh.</ref> He later resigned from the Bangladesh Nationalist party and joined the [[Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh)|Liberal Democratic Party]] led by Col. (Retd.) Oli Ahmed.<ref>[http://ldp-bangladesh.com/index.php?id=51 National Executive Committee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225103030/http://ldp-bangladesh.com/index.php?id=51 |date=2019-02-25 }}, 2/10/2018, Liberal Democratic Party of Bangladesh.</ref>

==Early life==
Abdullah was born into a distinguished Muslim family in [[Chandpur District]], now a part of the [[Chittagong Division]]. His father, Alhaj Nawab Ali (Gazi), was a scholar in Arabic, philanthropist and Islamic thinker, a Muslim aristocrat belonging to the "[[Gazi]]" family (their ancestors assumed the title "Gazi" for their gallantry in defending Islam and success in extending the realms of Islam).

Abdullah attended Bajapti Ramani Mohan High School, where he passed the Matriculation in 1953. He moved to Dhaka for his higher education and started living there permanently with his two brothers, passing I.Com (Intermediate) at Jagannath College in 1955 and obtaining B.Com. (Hons.) and M.Com. degrees from the [[University of Dhaka]] in 1958 and 1959 respectively. Subsequently, he went to London for higher studies and studied to qualify as a Chartered Secretary; he earned his certificate from the Chartered Institute of Secretaries in England and became a Fellow (F.C.I.S).{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

==Academic career==
Before entering politics, Abdullah was an educator. He taught in degree colleges and served as a part-time faculty member in the Departments of Management and Finance at the University of Dhaka for nearly 14 years; he also taught in a [[secondary modern school]] in the U.K. from 1964 to 1966 while studying there. He was a member of the Senate of [[Chittagong University]] from 1991 to 1995.He is a member of MIU Board of Trustees.

==Political career==
In 1991 Abdullah entered politics by joining the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and in the [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|Bangladesh General Election that year]] he was elected a Member of Parliament from the constituency 263, Chandpur-4, defeating [[Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury]], who had served as Prime Minister under [[President Ershad]].<ref name=results>[http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=263 "Bangladesh Electoral Area: 263 (Chandpur-4): 1991, 1996, 2001"], Vote Monitor.net, [https://web.archive.org/web/20081229000043/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=263# archived] at the Wayback Machine, 29 December 2008.</ref> He was elected three times from Chandpur-4 with BNP nomination (in the 5th, the 6th and the 7th parliamentary elections). The BNP also declared him their candidate for 2001 but in a surprise turnabout his nomination was cancelled and S.A. Sultan (thereafter elected as the M.P.) was given the nomination. At that point Abdullah resigned from the party. He ran as an independent.<ref name=results/>

After keeping himself away from politics for some years he joined the Liberal Democratic Party.<ref>[https://bangla.bdnews24.com/politics/article1260741.bdnews রাষ্ট্রপতির কাছে এলডিপির ১৭ প্রস্তাব ("LDP's 17 offers to the President")], BDNews24, 21 December 2016.</ref> In 2006 the Awami League-led mega-alliance told the Liberal Democratic Party to run for 29 parliamentary seats. Abdullah was the nominee for Chandpur-4.<ref>[https://bdnews24.com/politics/2006/12/25/ldp-to-run-for-29-seats "LDP to run for 29 seats"], BDNews24, 25 December 2006.</ref> In June 2019 Abdullah resigned from the Liberal Democratic Party led by Col. (Retd.) Oli Ahmed and issued a statement to the press confirming his resignation.<ref>http://www.banglatribune.com/politics/news/495485/বিএনপিকে-চাপে-রাখতে-কাদের-পাশে-পাচ্ছেন-অলি</ref>

== Publications ==
In 1962 Abdullah was the author of ''Essential On Banking''.

==Personal life==
Abdullah is married to Kazi Meherunnessa Begum (Meera), from the Kazi family of Cheora, Chauddagram, Comilla, Bengal Presidency, British Raj. They have three daughters and one son.

==References==

{{reflist}} 7.https://manarat.ac.bd/administration/miu-board-of-trustees/

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Mohammad Abdullah (politician)}}

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