Mohammad Abul Quasem
Mohammad Abul Quasem | |
|---|---|
মোহাম্মদ আবুল কাসেম | |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 17 September 1971 – 14 December 1971 | |
| Governor | Abdul Motaleb Malik |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 1962–1965 | |
| Succeeded by | Paniruddin Ahmed |
| Constituency | NE-1 (Rangpur-1) |
| Member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 1947–1954 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1913 |
| Party | Convention Muslim League |
| Alma mater | University of Karachi Cotton College |
| Occupation | Politician and lawyer |
Mohammad Abul Quasem (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আবুল কাসেম) was a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer. He was a member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan and the Finance Minister of East Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Early life
Abul Quasem was born in 1913 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Sodurtilla, Mankachar Thana, Goalpara District in the then Assam Province of British India.[1]
Education and career
He obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Cotton College in 1938.[1] In 1946, he became a member of the Assam Legislative Council representing the South Dhubri constituency.[1][2] In 1950, three years after the partition of India, he left Assam (which became an Indian state)[1] and resided in Ulipur Thana, Rangpur District, East Bengal (part of Pakistan).[3] Two years later, he became a member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. Four years after obtaining his LLB from the University of Karachi in 1956, he completed a master's degree in political science from the same university.[1] In 1962, he represented Rangpur-1 as a member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan.[4] He was appointed deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.[1] He was a member of the Council Muslim League[5] and became the president of the East Pakistan Council Muslim League in 1964.[1] On 17 September 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was appointed a member of the cabinet of Abdul Motaleb Malik,[5] serving as the finance minister of East Pakistan.[6] After the independence of Bangladesh, on 24 December 1971, the Government of Bangladesh arrested him for collaborating with Pakistan during the war.[7] On 30 November 1973, he was released after the government declared a general amnesty for detained cabinet members.
Death
Quasem died in the 1980s or earlier.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "সংক্ষিপ্ত পরিচিতি". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 18 September 1971. p. 1, 6.
- ^ Assembly Proceedings Official Report Assam Legislative Assembly Second Session, 1946 (PDF). Government of Assam Press. 26 March 1946. p. iv.
- ^ Mukul, M R Akhtar (2000). চরমপত্র (in Bengali). Anannya. p. 330.
- ^ "LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE 3RD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN FROM 1962-1964" (PDF). na.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ a b Hasan Hafizur Rahman, ed. (2009) [1982]. "বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র" (in Bengali). Vol. VII. Hakkani Publishers. p. 540.
- ^ Momen, M A (6 March 2021). "পাকিস্তানের বিখণ্ডীকরণ ঠেকাতে..." The Business Standard. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ Ishtiaq, Ahmad (24 December 2021). "২৪ ডিসেম্বর ১৯৭১: সাবেক গভর্নর ডা. এ এম মালিকসহ মন্ত্রিসভার সদস্যরা আটক". The Daily Star.
- ^ একাত্তরের ঘাতক ও দালালরা কে কোথায় (in Bengali). Muktijuddho Chetona Bikash Kendra. 1992 [1987]. p. 21, 184.
