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|name=A. M. Zahiruddin Khan<br />
|native_name=এ এম জহিরুদ্দিন খান<br />
|native_name_lang=bn<br />
|office=[[Ministry of Planning (Bangladesh)|Minister of Planning]]<br />
|term_start=20 March 1991<br />
|term_end=January 1996<br />
|constituency_MP1=[[Chittagong-6]]<br />
|term_start1=2 April 1979<br />
|term_end1=24 March 1982<br />
|predecessor1=[[Mohammad Khaled]]<br />
|successor1=[[Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury]]<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|2005|03|29|1936|df=y}}<br />
|death_place=[[Bangkok]], Thailand<br />
|father=[[Abul Kashem Khan]]<br />
|party=[[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]<br />
}}<br />
'''A. M. Zahiruddin Khan''' (1936 – 29 March 2005)<ref name=passes>{{Cite news |title=Former minister Zahiruddin Khan passes away|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2005/03/28/former-minister-zahiruddin-khan-passes-away|work=bdnews24.com|date=2005-03-28|access-date=2020-09-11}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi politician and industrialist. He served as a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Chittagong-6]] constituency during 1979–1982.<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of 2nd Parliament Members|url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-2nd-parliament-members-bangla|access-date=2020-09-11|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Khan was the eldest son of [[Abul Kashem Khan]], a minister in the central cabinet of the then Pakistan.<ref name=passes/> Foreign minister [[Morshed Khan]] was his cousin and brother-in-law.<ref name=passes/> He studied at St. Paul's School in Darjeeling, India, later on at [[Aitchison College]] in [[Lahore]], Pakistan.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
In 1958, Khan became the managing director of [[A K Khan & Company]] and later the chairman in 1991. He was also the founding Chairman of [[AKTEL]] and Chairman of COATS Bangladesh, Bengal Fisheries Ltd. He was the President of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI) from two consecutive terms. In 1977 he was elected President of Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry ([[FBCCI]]). As President of [[FBCCI]], he initiated the formation of Islamic Chambers of Commerce & Industry. He was also elected Chairman of the Working Group for drafting of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce & Industry Constitution in the Istanbul Conference in 1977. He also participated in the [[International Labour Organization]] (ILO) conference in Geneva in 1975 as representative of Bangladesh Employers. He was also chairman of [[All Pakistan Textile Mills Association]] (East Zone) from 1969 to 1971, founder chairman of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), founder director of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) and Director of [[Sadharan Bima Corporation]]. He also served as Chairman of [[Sonali Bank]].<ref name=passes/><ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PWKCmtu-RT4C&dq=A.%2520M.%2520Zahiruddin%2520Khan&pg=PA229|title = Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh|last1 = Baxter|first1 = Craig|author1-link = Craig Baxter|last2 = Rahman|first2 = Syedur|date = 2003-01-01|publisher = Scarecrow Press|isbn = 9780810848634|page = 229|language = en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OG4wAAAAYAAJ|title = Towards an Islamic Common Market: Proceedings of the International Seminar on Islamic Common Market Held During December 18-20, 1993|last = Bhuyan|first = Ayubur Rahman|date = 1996-01-01|publisher = Islamic Economic Research Bureau|page = 13|language = en}}</ref><br />
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Khan joined politics in 1978 and was also elected Member of Parliament (MP) in 1979 from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) led by President [[Ziaur Rahman]]. He became a member of [[Begum Khaleda Zia]]'s cabinet in 1991 as the planning minister and later as industries minister.<ref name=passes/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080429184426/http://www.akkhan.com/about.html A. M. Zahiruddin Khan at A.K. Khan & Company Ltd official website]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090305210351/http://www.akkhan.com/ZK%20media.html Zahiruddin Khan - A memorial volume]<br />
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