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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1950–2022)}}
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1950–2022)}}
{{other people5||Abdul Mannan (disambiguation)}}
{{similar names||Abdul Mannan (disambiguation)}}
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{{infobox officeholder
| name                = Mohammad Abdul Mannan
| name                = M. A. Mannan
| native_name        = এম. এ. মান্নান
| native_name        = এম. এ. মান্নান
| native_name_lang    = bn
| native_name_lang    = bn
| office              = [[Ministry of Religious Affairs (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Religious Affairs]]
| order              = 1st
| term_start         = 1991
| office              = Mayor of Gazipur
| term_end           = 1996
| term_start         = 1 June 2017
| primeminister      = [[Khaleda Zia]]
| term_end         = 6 July 2017
| office1            = [[Gazipur City Corporation|Mayor of Gazipur]]
| predecessor      = {{ubl| Asadur Rahman Kiron|{{Small|''as [[Mayor|Acting Mayor]]''}}}}
| term_start1        = 2013
| successor        = {{ubl| Asadur Rahman Kiron|{{Small|''as [[Mayor|Acting Mayor]]''}}}}
| term_end1           = 2018
| term_start1        = 6 July 2013
| predecessor1       = ''Position established''
| term_end1         = 11 February 2015
| successor1          = [[Jahangir Alam (politician)|Jahangir Alam]]
| predecessor1     = ''Position established''
| constituency_MP2   = [[Gazipur-2]]
| successor1          = {{ubl| Asadur Rahman Kiron|{{Small|''as [[Mayor|Acting Mayor]]''}}}}
| term_start2         = 5 March 1991
| office2              = [[Ministry of Religious Affairs (Bangladesh)|Minister of State for Religious Affairs]]
| term_end2          = 24 November 1995
| term_start2          = 20 March 1991
| predecessor2       = [[Hasan Uddin Sarkar]]
| term_end2            = 30 March 1996
| successor2         = [[Ahsanullah Master]]
| primeminister2      = [[Khaleda Zia]]
| birth_date          = 1950
| predecessor2 = [[Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad]]
| successor2 = Abdur Rahman Khan
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]]
| constituency3   = [[Gazipur-2]]
| term_start3         = 5 March 1991
| term_end3        = 24 November 1995
| predecessor3       = [[Hasan Uddin Sarkar]]
| successor3         = [[Ahsanullah Master]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth year|1950}}
| birth_place        = [[Gazipur]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]
| birth_place        = [[Gazipur]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]
| death_date          = {{death date and given age|2022|04|28|72|df=y}}
| death_date          = {{death date and given age|2022|04|28|72|df=y}}
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| nationality        = Bangladeshi
| nationality        = Bangladeshi
| party              = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| party              = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| awards              = [[File:Bir Bikrom Ribbon.svg|30px]] [[Bir Bikrom]]
}}
}}


'''Mohammad Abdul Mannan''' (1950 – 28 April 2022)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-04-28 |title=First mayor of Gazipur city MA Mannan no more |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/first-mayor-gazipur-city-ma-mannan-no-more-3014491 |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> was a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician. He was the first elected city mayor of [[Gazipur City Corporation]] of Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://worldtimes24.com/gazipur-city-mayor-detained/ |title=Gazipur city Mayor detained |publisher=World Times 24 |date=11 February 2015 |accessdate=26 June 2022}}</ref> Before that he served as the religious affairs minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1993.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/07/03/people-will-vote-for-me-mannan |title=People will vote for me: Mannan |work=bdnews24.com |date=3 July 2013 |accessdate=26 June 2022}}</ref> He also served as the minister of science and technology from 1993 to 1995.
'''Mohammad Abdul Mannan''' (1950 – 28 April 2022)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-28 |title=First mayor of Gazipur city MA Mannan no more |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/first-mayor-gazipur-city-ma-mannan-no-more-3014491 |access-date=2022-05-01 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> was a politician of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]. He was the first elected city mayor of [[Gazipur City Corporation]] of Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://worldtimes24.com/gazipur-city-mayor-detained/ |title=Gazipur city Mayor detained |publisher=World Times 24 |date=11 February 2015 |access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> Before that, he served as the religious affairs minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1993.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/people-will-vote-for-me-mannan |title=People will vote for me: Mannan |work=[[bdnews24.com]] |date=3 July 2013 |access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> He also served as the [[Minister of Science and Technology (Bangladesh)|Minister of Science and Technology]] from 1993 to 1995.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Baxter |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historical_Dictionary_of_Bangladesh_Hist/PWKCmtu-RT4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Mohammad%20Abdul%20Mannan%20Minister%201993&pg=PA229&printsec=frontcover |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh (Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East) |last2=Rahman |date=2003-09-22 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |isbn=978-0-8108-4863-4 |language=en}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=470062&date=2015-02-11 | title=GCC Mayor Mannan arrested in city | work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha | date=11 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825211624/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=470062&date=2015-02-11 |archive-date=25 August 2016 | access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/bnp-backed-gazipur-city-mayor-ma-mannan-suspended-again-1429180|title=Gazipur city mayor suspended again|date=6 July 2017|work=The Daily Star|access-date=21 August 2018|language=en}}</ref> He rejoined the office in June 2017 but Local Government Division (LGD) suspended him for the third time on 6 July 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/gazipur-city-corporation-gcc-mayor-abdul-mannan-suspension-once-again-1429363|title=Suspension, once again|date=7 July 2017|work=The Daily Star|access-date=21 August 2018|language=en}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=470062&date=2015-02-11 |title=GCC Mayor Mannan arrested in city |work=[[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]] (BSS) |date=11 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825211624/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=470062&date=2015-02-11 |archive-date=25 August 2016 |access-date=26 July 2016}}</ref> 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 of the same year and released in January 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/bnp-backed-gazipur-city-mayor-ma-mannan-suspended-again-1429180 |title=Gazipur city mayor suspended again |date=6 July 2017 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=21 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He rejoined the office in June 2017, but the Local Government Division (LGD) suspended him for the third time on 6 July 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/gazipur-city-corporation-gcc-mayor-abdul-mannan-suspension-once-again-1429363 |title=Suspension, once again |date=7 July 2017 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=21 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:47, 22 March 2026


M. A. Mannan
এম. এ. মান্নান
1st Mayor of Gazipur
In office
1 June 2017 – 6 July 2017
Preceded by
Succeeded by
In office
6 July 2013 – 11 February 2015
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded by
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 (1950)
Gazipur, East Bengal, Pakistan
Died (aged 72)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Awards Bir Bikrom

Mohammad Abdul Mannan (1950 – 28 April 2022)[1] was a politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. 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.[4]

Career[edit | edit source]

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.[5] 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 of the same year and released in January 2017.[6] He rejoined the office in June 2017, but the Local Government Division (LGD) suspended him for the third time on 6 July 2017.[7]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "First mayor of Gazipur city MA Mannan no more". The Daily Star. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  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. Baxter; Rahman (22 September 2003). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh (Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East). Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. ISBN 978-0-8108-4863-4.
  5. "GCC Mayor Mannan arrested in city". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS). 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  6. "Gazipur city mayor suspended again". The Daily Star. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  7. "Suspension, once again". The Daily Star. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.