M. A. Mannan Explained

M. A. Mannan
Native Name:এম. এ. মান্নান
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:1st Mayor of Gazipur
Term Start:1 June 2017
Term End:6 July 2017
Predecessor:Asadur Rahman Kiron
Successor:Asadur Rahman Kiron
Term Start1:6 July 2013
Term End1:11 February 2015
Predecessor1:Position established
Successor1:Asadur Rahman Kiron
Office2:Minister of State for Religious Affairs
Term Start2:20 March 1991
Term End2:30 March 1996
Primeminister2:Khaleda Zia
Predecessor2:Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain Kaikobad
Successor2:Abdur Rahman Khan
Office3:Member of Parliament
Constituency3:Gazipur-2
Term Start3:5 March 1991
Term End3:24 November 1995
Predecessor3:Hasan Uddin Sarkar
Successor3:Ahsanullah Master
Birth Date:1950
Birth Place:Gazipur, East Bengal, Pakistan (Now, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Death Place:Dhaka, Bangladesh
Alma Mater:University of Dhaka
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Party:Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Awards: Bir Bikrom

Mohammad Abdul Mannan (1950 – 28 April 2022)[1] was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He was the first elected city mayor of Gazipur City Corporation of Bangladesh.[2] Before that he served as the religious affairs minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1993.[3] He also served as the minister of science and technology from 1993 to 1995.

Career

Abdul Mannan was elected Gazipur City Corporation mayor in July 2013 and assumed office in August. In February 2015, police arrested him for his suspected involvement in an arson attack on a bus in Gazipur in February the same year.[4] The next month, panel mayor, local Awami League leader Asadur Rahman Kiron, who was elected a ward councillor, was made acting mayor upon a court directive. Mannan was released from jail in March 2016. He was arrested again in April the same year and released in January 2017.[5] He rejoined the office in June 2017 but Local Government Division (LGD) suspended him for the third time on 6 July 2017.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: 2022-04-28 . First mayor of Gazipur city MA Mannan no more . 2022-05-01 . The Daily Star . en.
  2. Web site: Gazipur city Mayor detained . World Times 24 . 11 February 2015 . 26 June 2015.
  3. News: People will vote for me: Mannan . bdnews24.com . 3 July 2013 . 26 June 2015.
  4. News: GCC Mayor Mannan arrested in city . Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . 11 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160825211624/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=470062&date=2015-02-11 . 25 August 2016 . 26 July 2016.
  5. News: Gazipur city mayor suspended again. 6 July 2017. The Daily Star. 21 August 2018. en.
  6. News: Suspension, once again. 7 July 2017. The Daily Star. 21 August 2018. en.