Mohammed Abdul Matin

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]

Mohammed Abdul Matin
মোহাম্মদ আব্দুল মতিন
7th Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh
In office 9 July 1986 – 13 August 1989
Prime Minister	Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury Moudud Ahmed
Preceded by	Jamal Uddin Ahmad
Succeeded by	Kazi Zafar Ahmed
Member of Parliament for Pabna-5
In office 18 February 1979 – 12 February 1982
Preceded by	Abdul Momin Talukder
Succeeded by	Rafiqul Islam Bakul
Member of Parliament for Sirajganj-7
In office 7 May 1986 – 6 December 1990
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Kamruddin Ahia Khan Majlish
In office 28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006
Preceded by	Choyon Islam
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan
In office 12 June 1965 – 25 March 1969
Preceded by	Abdullah al Mahmood
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Pabna-III
Personal details
Born	c. 1932 Shahzadpur, Sirajganj, Pabna District, Bengal
Died	13 June 2012 (aged 80) Shantinagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political party	Jatiya Party (Ershad) Bangladesh Nationalist Party Bangladesh Jatiya Party Bangladesh Muslim League
Spouse	Tasmina Mahmood
Relatives	Abdullah al Mahmood (father-in-law)

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]

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 inn Sirajganj.^[12]

References

1. "Dr MA Matin passes away". The Daily Star. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
2. "Vice President Named By Bangladesh Leader". The New York Times. 1 December 1986. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
3. সাবেক উপপ্রধানমন্ত্রী এম এ মতিন আর নেই. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
4. "Dr MA Matin passes away". The Daily Star. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
5. "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
6. ""List of 3rd Parliament Members"" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
7. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. "List of 8th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
9. সাবেক উপ-প্রধানমন্ত্রী ডা. এম এ মতিনের সহধর্মিনী আর নেই. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 9 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
10. Das, Swapan Chandra (13 June 2020). সিরাজগঞ্জের তিন নক্ষত্রের চলে যাওয়ার তারিখ একই. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
11. সাবেক মন্ত্রী ডা. এম এ মতিন আর নেই. Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
12. ডা. এম এ মতিনআর নেই. Jaijaidin (in Bengali). 13 June 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.