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Mohammed Abdul Matin
Bangladeshi politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohammed Abdul Matin (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আব্দুল মতিন; 1932 – 13 June 2012), popularly known as MA Matin,[1] was a Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician and a deputy prime minister of Bangladesh.[2]
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Early life and education
Mohammed Abdul Matin was born in c. 1932 to a Bengali Muslim family in Shahzadpur, Sirajganj, then a part of the Pabna District of the Bengal Presidency.[3]
Career
Matin founded Sirajganj Shishu Hospital and North Bengal Medical College in Sirajganj. He was the former chairman of the Bangladesh Jatiya Party.[4]
Matin was elected to parliament from Pabna-5 as a Bangladesh Muslim League candidate in 1979.[5] He was elected as a member of parliament from the then Sirajganj-7 constituency as a candidate of Jatiya Party in the 3rd Jatiya Sangsad elections on 7 May 1986 and the 4th Jatiya Sangsad on 3 March 1988.[6][7] Matin was elected to parliament from Sirajganj-7 as a Bangladesh Jatiya Party candidate in 2001.[8]
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Personal life
His wife Tasmina Mahmud, a notable physician, was the daughter of Abdullah al Mahmood, former minister of industries and natural resources of Pakistan, and the sister of BNP politician Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku.[9][10]
His elder son, Mohammed Abdul Muqit, is a professor in the Department of Cardiology at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. His younger son, Mohammed Abdul Muhit, is a deputy vice-chancellor for the Asian University of Bangladesh.[11]
Death
Matin died at his home in Shantinagar from cardiac arrest on 13 June 2012.[4] He was buried in his family graveyard in Sirajganj.[12]
References
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