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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1950–2021)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdul Matin Khasru
| native_name = আবদুল মতিন খসরু
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Abdul Matin Khasru.jpg
| caption = Khasru in 2018
| office = [[Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs|Minister of Law and Justice]]
| term_start = 14 January 1997
| term_end = 15 July 2001
| primeminister = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| predecessor = [[Mirza Ghulam Hafiz]]
| successor = [[Moudud Ahmed]]
| constituency_MP1 = [[Comilla-5]]
| term_start1 = 5 March 1991
| term_end1 = 24 November 1995
| predecessor1 = [[Mohammad Yunus (Bangladeshi politician)|Mohammad Yunus]]
| term_start2 = 14 July 1996
| term_end2 = 13 July 2001
| predecessor2 = [[Mujibur Rahman (Comilla politician)|Mujibur Rahman]]
| term_start3 = 25 January 2009
| term_end3 = 14 April 2021
| predecessor3 = Mohammad Yunus
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|2|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Comilla District]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|14|1950|2|12|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| alma_mater = [[Comilla Victoria Government College]]
| occupation = Lawyer, Politician
}}

'''Abdul Matin Khasru''' (12 February 1950 – 14 April 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Constituency 253_10th_En|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/parliamentary-business/242-mps-category/mps-of-10th-parliament/2144-constituency-253-10th-en|access-date=2021-04-14|website=www.parliament.gov.bd}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Former law minister Abdul Matin Khasru dies of COVID|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2021/04/14/former-law-minister-abdul-matin-khasru-dies-of-covid|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-14|website=bdnews24.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414115007/https://bdnews24.com/politics/2021/04/14/former-law-minister-abdul-matin-khasru-dies-of-covid |archive-date=2021-04-14 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-14|title=Supreme Court Bar president Abdul Matin Khasru dies of Covid-19|url=http://www.tbsnews.net/coronavirus-chronicle/covid-19-bangladesh/supreme-court-bar-president-abdul-matin-khasru-passes-away|access-date=2021-04-14|website=The Business Standard|language=en}}</ref> was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. He was a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Comilla-5]] constituency during 1991–1995, 1996–2001 and 2009–2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=2144 |title=Constituency 253 |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-5th-parliament-members-bangla |title=List of 5th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=252 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |website=Vote Monitor Networks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229001002/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=252 |archive-date=2008-12-29 |access-date=2018-09-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla |title=List of 9th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref> He served in the [[First Hasina Cabinet|first Hasina cabinet]] as [[Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs|Minister of Law and Justice]] from 1997 until 2001.<ref name="lawjusticediv">{{cite web |url=http://www.lawjusticediv.gov.bd/static/minister_rt_live_bak_law.php |title=Honorable Minister |website=Law and Justice Division |access-date=2017-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122041816/http://www.lawjusticediv.gov.bd/static/minister_rt_live_bak_law.php |archive-date=2018-01-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Khasru completed his SSC from Madhabpur High School in 1967.<ref>{{Citation|title=Abdul Matin Khasru MP|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjXcKgy4o1s|language=en|access-date=2021-04-15}}</ref> He got admitted to [[Comilla Victoria Government College]] and completed graduation in 1970.<ref>{{Citation|title=৩৬৫ সেকেন্ড রাজনীতি নয়|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZW5SZlNNiQ|language=en|access-date=2021-04-15}}</ref> They were four brothers and three sisters of whom he was the eldest. His father served in the [[Pakistan Army]]. His son [[Munem Wasif]] is a photojournalist who works at [[Agence Vu]] photography agency.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-law minister Abdul Matin Khasru laid to rest |url=https://www.daily-bangladesh.com/english/Ex-law-minister-Abdul-Matin-Khasru-laid-to-rest/59161 |work=Daily Bangladesh}}</ref> Khasru was actively involved in politics since his student life. When he was a graduate student, the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Bangladesh Liberation war]] started. Khasru fought in Burichang in Comilla District during the war.<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Khasru started his legal practice at the District and Sessions Judges Court, [[Comilla]] in 1978.<ref name=":0" /> Later he started practicing in the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court in 1982. He founded a law firm ''Abdul Matin Khasru & Associates'' in Dhaka.

Khasru was a senior advocate enrolled at the Bangladesh Bar Council. He was elected chairman of the executive committee of the [[Bangladesh Bar Council]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|date=18 October 2015|title=Abdul Matin Khasru made bar council chairman|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune|url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/oct/18/abdul-matin-khasru-made-bar-council-chairman|url-status=dead|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905232116/http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/oct/18/abdul-matin-khasru-made-bar-council-chairman|archive-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>

On 16 March 2021, he won the ''Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association Election 2021-2022'' as the president from the White Panel backed by the Bangladesh Awami League. He died before taking charge.<ref>{{Cite web|last=lawyersclubbangladesh.com|date=2021-04-12|title=সুপ্রিম কোর্টে বারের দায়িত্ব নিয়েছেন নব নির্বাচিত কমিটি|url=http://lawyersclubbangladesh.com/2021/04/12/সুপ্রিম-কোর্টে-বারের-দায়/|access-date=2021-04-15|website=lawyersclubbangladesh|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-14|title=Former law minister Abdul Matin Khasru dies|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/obituary/2021/04/14/former-law-minister-abdul-matin-khasru-dies|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>

=== Political career ===
Khasru was first elected to Parliament in 1991 from [[Comilla-5]] on a nomination of Awami League defeating the incumbent, [[Mohammad Yunus (Bangladeshi politician)|Mohammad Yunus]] of the [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]. He was re-elected in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-12-29|title=Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics|url=http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=252|access-date=2021-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229001002/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=252|archive-date=2008-12-29}}</ref>

Khasru stood for re-election in 2001 but lost to [[Mohammad Yunus (Bangladeshi politician)|Mohammad Yunus]] who had then been nominated by [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2018-11-25|title=Cumilla-5 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Cumilla-5&d=chattogram|access-date=2021-04-14|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Khasru was elected to the parliament in 2008 on an Awami League nomination from Comilla-5.<ref name=":1" /> He headed the Parliamentarians' Caucus on Disability during the 9th parliamentary sessions.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-09-28|title=CRP's activities unique, imitable|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-204329|access-date=2021-04-14|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> On 23 March 2011, he criticised the use of "vulgar" words by members of parliament in the Jatiya Sangshad.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-03-23|title=Uproar in JS over diatribes|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-178785|access-date=2021-04-14|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Khasru was re-elected to the parliament in 2014 on an Awami League nomination from Comilla-5.<ref name=":1" /> In 2015, he was made the law secretary of Bangladesh Awami League.<ref>{{cite news|last=Siddique|first=Mohammad Abu Bakar|date=25 October 2016|title=AL central working committee names declared|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2016/10/25/al-announces-names-new-committee/|accessdate=11 December 2022}}</ref> He became a member of the party's Presidium in 2017.<ref>{{cite news|date=22 July 2017|title=Ex-law minister Khasru made AL Presidium Member, Rezaul Legal Affairs Secretary|newspaper=bdnews24.com|url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2017/07/22/ex-law-minister-khasru-made-al-presidium-member-rezaul-legal-affairs-secretary}}</ref>

Khasru was re-elected to the parliament in 2018 on an Awami League nomination from Comilla-5.<ref name=":1" /> He was the president of the parliamentary standing committee on law. He summoned the Anti-Corruption Commission to parliament over its failure to take action against the former chairperson of [[BASIC Bank Limited|BASIC Bank]], [[Sheikh Abdul Hai Bacchu]], on loans scams.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-31|title=Basic Bank scam: JS body summons ACC for not taking action against Bacchu|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/basic-bank-scam-anti-corruption-commission-not-taking-action-bacchu-1821331|access-date=2021-04-14|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

On 10 April 2020, Mosheur Mahfuz Babu, journalist and owner of Times of Cumilla, was arrested under the [[Digital Security Act]] for spreading "rumours" about Khasru. The website had reported Khasru's death.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-10|title=Digital Security Act: Journo jailed in Cumilla for spreading rumours|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/digital-security-act-journo-jailed-cumilla-spreading-rumours-1891792|access-date=2021-04-14|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> During the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, Khasru provided food aid to 5000 families in Comilla in April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-24|title=AL lawmaker Khasru extends food aid to 5,000 families in Cumilla|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/al-lawmaker-khasru-extends-food-aid-5000-families-cumilla-1896367|access-date=2021-04-14|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

== Death ==
Khasru died on 14 April 2021 after contracting [[COVID-19]]. He was under treatment at the [[Combined Military Hospital (Dhaka)|Combined Military Hospital]].<ref name=":0" /> He had a son [[Munem Wasif]] and a daughter.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite news |title=MPs' relatives to also enjoy car sticker privileges |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/jan/30/mps%E2%80%99-relatives-also-enjoy-car-sticker-privileges |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2016-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905233949/http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/jan/30/mps%E2%80%99-relatives-also-enjoy-car-sticker-privileges |archive-date=2017-09-05 |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite news |title=Campaigners demand hike in tobacco taxes |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/business/campaigners-demand-hike-tobacco-taxes-1221232 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=10 May 2022}}

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