Abdus Salam (politician)

For other people with the same name, see Abdus Salam (name).

Abdus Salam (1942 – 17 March 2011) was a Jatiya Party politician and a former member of parliament of the then Jamalpur-7 and Sherpur-2 constituencies.^[1]

Abdus Salam
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Sherpur-2
In office 1986–1991
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Matia Chowdhury
Personal details
Born	1942 Sherpur, Bengal Province, British India
Died	17 March 2011(2011-03-17) (aged 68–69) Sherpur, Bangladesh
Political party	Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Early life

Abdus Salam was born 1942 in Sherpur.^[2]

Career

Abdus Salam started teaching in Sunamganj and Ashek Mahmud College in Jamalpur. He was the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs during the tenure of President Ziaur Rahman and Sattar, and the Minister of Agriculture during the tenure of Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1986.^{[citation needed]}

He was elected to parliament from the then Jamalpur-7 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979.^[1] He was elected to parliament from Sherpur-2 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988.^[3][4]

Death

Salam died on 17 March 2011.^[2]

References

1. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
2. নালিতাবাড়ীতে সাবেক মন্ত্রী অধ্যাপক আব্দুস সালামের স্মরণ সভা (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
3. ""List of 3rd Parliament Members"" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
4. ""List of 4th Parliament Members"" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2020.