https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Abu_Saleh_Mohammad_Mustafizur_RahmanAbu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman - Revision history2026-08-01T00:04:56ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Abu_Saleh_Mohammad_Mustafizur_Rahman&diff=300131&oldid=prev>Lennart97 at 11:57, 28 December 20212021-12-28T11:57:51Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}<br />
{{other people5|Mostafizur Rahman (disambiguation)}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = A S M Mustafizur Rahman<br />
|native_name = আ স ম মুস্তাফিজুর রহমান<br />
|native_name_lang = bn<br />
|office=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]<br />
|term_start=20 March 1991<br />
|term_end=January 1996<br />
|predecessor=[[Anisul Islam Mahmud]]<br />
|successor=[[Abdus Samad Azad]]<br />
|office1=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]<br />
|term_start1=1979<br />
|term_end1=27 November 1981<ref name=bpedia/><br />
|office6=Member of Parliament<br />
|constituency6=[[Bagerhat-2]]<br />
|term_start6=5 March 1991<br />
|term_end6=March 1996<br />
|predecessor6=[[Sheikh Sahidul Islam]]<br />
|successor6=[[Mir Shakawat Ali Daru]]<br />
|constituency7=[[Khulna-2]]<br />
|term_start7=1979<br />
|term_end7=1986<br />
|predecessor7=[[Sheikh Abdur Rahman]]<br />
|successor7=[[Mohammad Mohsin (politician)|Mohammad Mohsin]]<br />
|birth_date= {{birth date|1934|11|24|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Bagerhat]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
|death_date= {{death date and age|1996|11|24|1934|11|24|df=y}}<br />
|alma_mater={{ubl|[[Dhaka College]]|[[Peshawar University]]}}<br />
|allegiance=Bangladesh<br />
|branch={{army|Bangladesh}}<br />
|serviceyears=1955–1973 <br />
|rank= [[Lieutenant Colonel]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman''' (24 November 1934 – 30 November 1996) was a lieutenant colonel of the [[Bangladesh Army]], a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member of Parliament representing the [[Khulna-2]] and [[Bagerhat-2]] constituencies and a government minister.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite Banglapedia|article=Rahman,_Lt._Colonel_ASM_Mustafizur}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Early life==<br />
Rahman was born on the 24th of November 1934 at Ranabijoypur in [[Bagerhat]] in the then [[Bengal Presidency]]. His father Khan Bahadur Bazlur Rahman was a custom commissioner. He studied in [[St. Xavier's Collegiate School]] in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]. He studied further in [[St Gregory's School (Dhaka)|St. Gregory's School]] in [[Dhaka]], East Bengal and later joined [[Dhaka College]]. He graduated from [[Peshawar University]].<ref name=bpedia/><br />
<br />
==Career==<br />
Rahman joined the Pakistan army as a cadet in 1952 and received his commission on 13 March 1955. He started his career in the army in the Fifth [[Baloch Regiment]]. In 1956 he was selected to be an artillery officer. He worked in the Inter-Service Detective Branch. He completed his PSC degree from the [[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Command and Staff College]] in [[Queta]], Pakistan in 1962. After the [[independence of Bangladesh]], he joined the Bangladesh army and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1973. He retired from service soon after.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
<br />
Rahman started his political career after retirement from the army. President Ziaur Rahman placed him in charge of the Ministry of Home in 1977. In 1978 he was made the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1979 he was elected to parliament from [[Bagerhat-2]] from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. he served as the Home Minister till 27 November 1981. He was the Commerce Minister in the [[Abdus Sattar]] Cabinet. He was elected as general secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 1985.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
<br />
In 1991, Rahman was elected to parliament and served subsequently as the foreign minister from March 1991 to March 1996.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mr. A. S. M. Mustafizur Rahman|url=http://www.mofa.gov.bd/foreign-minister/mr-s-m-mustafizur-rahman|website=mofa.gov.bd|accessdate=26 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127023240/http://www.mofa.gov.bd/foreign-minister/mr-s-m-mustafizur-rahman|archive-date=27 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He served as the president of Gulshan Rotary Club and [[Bangladesh Cricket Board|Cricket Control Board]]. He was a former chairman of [[National Sports Council|National Sports Control Board]] and [[Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka)|Mohammedan Sporting Club]] and [[Brothers Union Club]]. In 1993 he received the [[Order of Diplomatic Service Merit|Gawanghwa Medal]] from the [[South Korean government]].<ref name=bpedia/><br />
<br />
Rahaman died on 30 November 1996.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{Authority control}}{{BNPGS}}<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur}}<br />
[[Category:1934 births]]<br />
[[Category:1996 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Dhaka College alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladeshi lieutenant colonels]]<br />
[[Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Foreign ministers of Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:2nd Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
[[Category:5th Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
[[Category:6th Jatiya Sangsad members]]</div>>Lennart97