Abbas Ali Khan

Abbas Ali Khan was a member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan and education minister of East Pakistan.

Abbas Ali Khan
আব্বাস আলী খান
Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
In office 1979–1994
Preceded by	established
Succeeded by	Ghulam Azam
Education Minister of East Pakistan
In office 17 September 1971 – 14 December 1971
Governor	Abdul Motaleb Malik
Administrator	A. A. K. Niazi
Preceded by	unknown
Succeeded by	dissolved
Member of the Pakistan Parliament for NE-8 Dinajpur-cum-Bogra
In office 1962–1965
President	Ayub Khan
Succeeded by	Muhammad Yusuf Ali
Personal details
Born	1914 Bogra District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	3 October 1999(1999-10-03) (aged 84–85) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political party	Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh
Other political affiliations	Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (1955–1971)
Education	B.A.
Alma mater	Hooghly Madrasah Carmichael College
Occupation	civil servant, educator, politician

Biography

Abbas Ali Khan was born in 1914 in Joypurhat Thana, Bogra District, Bengal Presidency, British India. In 1925, he passed high matriculation examination from Hooghly Madrasah.^[1][2] Ten years after examination, he acquired B.A degree from Carmichael College.^[1] Then he became a civil servant and worked for Indian government from 1936 to 1947. He also became secretary of A.K. Fazlul Huq, first prime minister of Bengal.^[2] In 1955, eight years after the independence of Pakistan, he became a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and later he became ameer of its branch of Rajshahi Division.^[1] In 1962, Khan became member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan representing Dinajpur-Bogra.^[3][4] In 1971, he was made deputy ameer of the East Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami, provincial branch of the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.^[1] During the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was appointed as education minister in the Malik ministry, the last cabinet of East Pakistan.^[5][6] After the independence of Bangladesh, on 24 December 1971, he was arrested by the government for collaborating with Pakistan during the war.^[7] On 30 November 1973, the government announced a general amnesty for detained cabinet members, and he was released.^[8] In 1979, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh was established and he became senior nayeeb-e-ameer of the party.^[2] He also became acting ameer at the time.^[9] In 1991, Ghulam Azam was elected as ameer and Khan's responsibility as acting ameer ended. But then government arrested him in 1992 and Khan became acting ameer again for 16 months.^[10][11][2] Khan died in Dhaka on 3 October 1999 of liver cirrhosis.^[2]