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{{Short description|Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (1924–1987)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdul Malek Ukil
| native_name = আব্দুল মালেক উকিল
| native_name_lang = bn
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|10|1|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|10|17|1924|10|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Noakhali Sadar Upazila|Rajapur]], [[Noakhali District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj]]
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]
| spouse = Sabura Khatun
| relatives = Two sons and five daughters
| office = Leader of the [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]]
| term_start = 16 February 1978
| term_end = 16 February 1981
| predecessor = [[Syeda Zohra Tajuddin]] (Convenor)
| successor = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| citizenship = [[British India]] (till 1947) [[Pakistan]] (till 1971) [[Bangladesh]]
| image = Abdul Malek Ukil.jpg
}}
'''Abdul Malek Ukil''' ({{lang-bn|আব্দুল মালেক উকিল}}; 1 October 1924{{snd}}17 October 1987) was the President of Bangladesh Awami League, Speaker of Parliament, Home Minister, Health Minister, a member of Parliament for many years and a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He was one of the drafters of the Constitution of Bangladesh and also one of the founding members of East Bengal Muslim Students League.

==Early life==
Abdul Malek Ukil was born in Rajapur village of [[Noakhali Sadar Upazila]] in [[Noakhali District]].<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Siddiqur |year=2012 |chapter=Ukil, Abdul Malek |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ukil,_Abdul_Malek |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> His educational life began at Noakhali Ahmadia High Madrasa, from where he passed his Madrasa Examination with general scholarship and a Letter in Mathematics. In the year 1947 he passed his IA Examination from the Magura College in [[Jessore District]]. Two years later, in 1949, he graduated in BA from the University of Dhaka ([[Dhaka University]]). The following year, he received his MA degree and completed LL. B from the same institution.<ref name=":0" /> He started his professional career as an Advocate at Noakhali District Bar in 1952. Subsequently, in 1962 he became a member of the Dhaka High Court Bar.

==Career==
Malek Ukil was a founding member of East Bengal Muslim Student League. From 1964 to 1972 he was the president of Noakhali district Awami League and a member of the central executive committee of Awami League. In 1966 he presided over a conference of the opposition parties in Pakistan which was held in Lahore. He was elected three times to the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly in 1956, 1962 and 1965. He was the leader of both the Awami League parliamentary party and the combined opposition party in the Provincial Assembly of East Pakistan in 1965.<ref name=":0" />

He was arrested during the [[Six point movement|Six-Point Movement]]. In the 1970 general election of Pakistan he was elected to the Pakistan National Assembly as the representative of [[Noakhali District|Noakhali]]. After the start of [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] he joined the Relief and Rehabilitation Committee in the [[Provisional Government of Bangladesh|Mujibnagar Government]]. He went to Nepal as a part of a parliamentary delegation sent to generate support for Bangladesh's cause.<ref name=":0" />

He was a member of the committee which drafted the Constitution of Bangladesh. In 1972 he was in charge of the Ministry of Health and Family Planning in the Sheikh Mujib cabinet. In 1973 he was again elected to the Jatiya Sangsad. He went on to become the Minister in charge of Home Affairs in the cabinet after the election. In 1975 he was elected [[Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad]]. He was next elected to the Jatiya Sangsad in 1986 and became the deputy leader of the opposition.<ref name=":0" />

==Personal life==
He was married to Sabura Khatun (1930-2019). They had two sons: Gulam Mohiuddin Latu and Baharuddin Khelon and five daughters: Fatema Begum (Ruby), Amena Begum (Baby), Nurun Nahar (Lily), Nurunnesa (Maya) and Lima Malek.<ref name=":0" />

== Death ==
On 17 October 1987, he died in Dhaka Shaheed Suhrawardy Hospital at the age of 63.

==Controversy==
After the assassination of [[Bangabandhu]] on 15 August 1975, Abdul Malek Ukil, then speaker of parliament dominated by the Awami League, said in London in September 1975, "The Pharaoh has fallen. The country has been freed from the autocrat."<ref>{{cite news |date=17 August 2014|title=Who Said What After August 15 |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/who-said-what-after-august-15-37449 |newspaper=The Daily Star |accessdate=17 August 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Health and Family Welfare ministers of Bangladesh]]
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[[Category:20th-century Bengalis]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League executive committee members]]
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