| Abdul Mannan | |
| Native Name: | এম. এ. মান্নান |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Minister of Planning |
| Term Start: | 7 January 2019 |
| Term End: | 10 January 2024 |
| Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
| Predecessor: | Mustafa Kamal |
| Successor: | Abdus Salam |
| Office1: | Minister of State for Finance |
| Term Start1: | 14 January 2014 |
| Term End1: | 7 January 2019 |
| Predecessor1: | Shah M. Abul Hussain |
| Constituency Mp2: | Sunamganj-3 |
| Parliament2: | Bangladesh |
| Term Start2: | 25 January 2009 |
| Term End2: | 6 August 2024 |
| Predecessor2: | Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury |
| Birth Date: | 16 February 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Dungria, Assam Province, British India |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka |
| Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Muhammad Abdul Mannan (born 16 February 1946) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Minister of Planning of Bangladesh from 2019 to 2024.[1] [2]
Abdul Mannan was born on 16 February 1946 in Dungria, Sunamganj, Sylhet District, Assam Province, British India. He finished his O-level at the PAF Public School Sargodha in Punjab, Pakistan. He graduated from the University of Dhaka.[3]
In 1974, he joined the Government service as a BCS cadre. He served as the Deputy Commissioner of Kishorgonj District, Director General of NGO Affairs Bureau, Joint Secretary (Political) in Ministry of Home Affairs, Director General in the Prime Minister's office, Chairman of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation, and the Economic Minister at the Bangladesh Permanent Mission in Geneva.
In 2005, he joined the Bangladesh Awami League. He was elected to the 9th parliament in 2008 from Sunamganj-3. He was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts. He was a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Ministry of Finance, Parliamentary Standing Committee of Ministry of Defense, and the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Ministry of Public Administration. In 2010, he was elected to the central Executive Committee of Bangladesh Awami League and re-elected in 2013. He was made the State Minister of Finance on 12 January 2014. He was also made the State Minister of Planning in April 2014.[4]