| Mohammed Abdul Matin | |
| Native Name: | মোহাম্মদ আব্দুল মতিন |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh |
| Termstart: | 9 July 1986 |
| Termend: | 13 August 1989 |
| Predecessor: | Jamal Uddin Ahmad |
| Successor: | Kazi Zafar Ahmed |
| Constituency Mp1: | Pabna-5 |
| Termstart1: | 18 February 1979 |
| Termend1: | 12 February 1982 |
| Predecessor1: | Abdul Momin Talukder |
| Successor1: | Rafiqul Islam Bakul |
| Constituency Mp2: | Sirajganj-7 |
| Termstart2: | 7 May 1986 |
| Termend2: | 6 December 1990 |
| Predecessor2: | Constituency created |
| Successor2: | Kamruddin Ahia Khan Majlish |
| Termstart3: | 28 October 2001 |
| Termend3: | 27 October 2006 |
| Predecessor3: | Choyon Islam |
| Successor3: | Constituency abolished |
| Termstart4: | 12 June 1965 |
| Termend4: | 25 March 1969 |
| Predecessor4: | Abdullah al Mahmood |
| Successor4: | Constituency abolished |
| Office4: | Member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan |
| Constituency4: | Pabna-III |
| Spouse: | Tasmina Mahmood |
| Relatives: | Abdullah al Mahmood (father-in-law) |
| Birth Place: | Shahzadpur, Sirajganj, Pabna District, Bengal |
| Death Place: | Shantinagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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 was born in to a Bengali Muslim family in Shahzadpur, Sirajganj, then a part of the Pabna District of the Bengal Presidency.[3]
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]
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]
Matin died at his home in Shantinagar from cardiac arrest on 13 June 2012. He was buried in his family graveyard inn Sirajganj.[12]