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Fasihuddin Mahtab
Bangladeshi researcher, technocrat and former minister From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fasihuddin Mahtab (Bengali: ডঃ ফসিউদ্দিন মাহতাব), also spelt Fashiuddin Mahtab, was a Bangladeshi researcher, social worker and the secretary-general of BIRDEM and Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, as well as a member of President Ziaur Rahman's advisory council and later technocrat minister.[1][2][3] He was also the son-in-law of BIRDEM founder Muhammad Ibrahim,[2][4] who was also a member of the advisory council.[3][5]
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Career
In late 1970s, Mahtab served as a minister of state for agriculture during Ziaur Rahman's presidency before being promoted to cabinet minister.[3][4] He served variously as Planning Minister, Agriculture Minister and Finance Minister as a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the 2nd legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad.[3][6]
Personal life
Mahtab was born to Bangladeshi politician and magistrate and East Pakistani MP of the national assembly Mahtabuddin Sarker.[4] He was married to Ibrahim's daughter Hajera Mahtab.[4]
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Death and burial
Mahtab died on September 22, 2008, at Leeds Hospital in London and was buried at the Banani Graveyard in Dhaka.[1]
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