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Azad joined the All Bengal Muslim Students’ Association in the 1940s as the President of Sunamganj unit. He supported the Pakistan movement. In 1952, he was imprisoned for his role in the [[Bengali language movement]]. He worked as a school teacher and was known as 'Master Sab’ and then an insurance man. He was elected to the [[East Pakistan Provincial Assembly]] in 1954 as a candidate of the United Front. In 1954, he joined the [[Awami League]]. He served as the league's labor secretary. He left the league in 1957 with other leftist politicians led by [[Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani]]. He returned to Awami League in 1969 and was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] in 1970.<ref name=bpedia/> | Azad joined the All Bengal Muslim Students’ Association in the 1940s as the President of Sunamganj unit. He supported the Pakistan movement. In 1952, he was imprisoned for his role in the [[Bengali language movement]]. He worked as a school teacher and was known as 'Master Sab’ and then an insurance man. He was elected to the [[East Pakistan Provincial Assembly]] in 1954 as a candidate of the United Front. In 1954, he joined the [[Awami League]]. He served as the league's labor secretary. He left the league in 1957 with other leftist politicians led by [[Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani]]. He returned to Awami League in 1969 and was elected to the [[National Assembly of Pakistan]] in 1970.<ref name=bpedia/> | ||
Azad was a leader and an executive member of the [[Awami League]] and a friend to [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] by 1970 when he became the chief representative of the Bangladeshi independence movement in exile, helping the movement get international support while Mujibur Rahman was imprisoned. When independence for Bangladesh was achieved in 1971, Azad became its first foreign minister,<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |title=Tributes paid to Abdus Samad Azad |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4492839.stm |work=BBC News |date=28 April 2005 |accessdate=22 December | Azad was a leader and an executive member of the [[Awami League]] and a friend to [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] by 1970 when he became the chief representative of the Bangladeshi independence movement in exile, helping the movement get international support while Mujibur Rahman was imprisoned. When independence for Bangladesh was achieved in 1971, Azad became its first foreign minister,<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |title=Tributes paid to Abdus Samad Azad |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4492839.stm |work=BBC News |date=28 April 2005 |accessdate=22 December 2022}}</ref> within the Mujibur Rahman government. He served in that position until 1973 and then became agriculture minister.<ref>{{cite news |title=Abdus Samad Azad, ex-foreign minister of Bangladesh; 83 |url=http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/04/29/abdus_samad_azad_ex_foreign_minister_of_bangladesh_83/ |newspaper=Boston Globe |agency=Associated Press |date=29 April 2005 |accessdate=2 November 2022}}</ref> He was replaced by [[Kamal Hossain]] as the foreign minister.<ref>{{cite news |last=Liton |first=Shakhawat |date=14 August 2015 |title=Mushtaque, a hero! |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/mushtaque-hero-126679 |newspaper=The Daily Star |accessdate=2 November 2022}}</ref> Azad did not support the 1975 military coup in which Mujibur Rahman was killed. He was imprisoned until 1978. In 1996, when the Awami League came back to power under Mujibur Rahman's daughter, [[Sheikh Hasina]], Azad was appointed as the foreign minister again.<ref name="BBC"/> He served in that position until 2001 when the Awami League lost the election. He was elected to [[Jatiya Sangsad]] in 1991, 1996 and 2001.<ref name=bpedia/> | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
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