Abu Sayed Matiul Hannan Shah (known as Hannan Shah; 11 October 1941 – 27 September 2016) was a Bangladeshi politician and army officer from Gazipur District. He served as the jute minister and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the

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constituency during 1991–1996.

Early life

Shah was born in Ghagtia, Kapasia, Gazipur District in the-then British India. His father,

Fakir Abdul Mannan Fakir Abdul Mannan (1901, Gazipur - 1994) was the former Minister of Agriculture of East Pakistan and lawyer. Career Rahman was involved in the Pakistan Movement as a leader of the Muslim League. In 1960, Rahman was the Secretary of the Provincia ...

, was a minister in the Pakistan government during 1965–1968. In 1962, Hannan Shah was commissioned in

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. Shah's younger brother,

Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman was a justice on the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. He resigned from the Supreme Court after being twice passed over from promotion. Early life Rahman completed his undergraduate and graduate stud ...

, was a judge in the Supreme Court's Appellate Division.

Career

Shah retired from the Bangladesh Army as a

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in 1981. He joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 1983. He served as the standing committee member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Shah served as the Minister of Jute during 1991–96. On 25 November 2013, Shah was arrested by

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from his residence.

Personal life and death

Shah was married to Nahid Hannan. Together they had one daughter, Sharmin Hannan and two sons, Shah Rezaul Hannan and Shah Reazul Hannan. In January 2015, Shah was hospitalized to Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka with respiratory problems. He died at the age of 74 in

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while undergoing treatment for heart disease on 27 September 2016.

References

1941 births 2016 deaths Bangladesh Army brigadiers Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Textiles and Jute ministers of Bangladesh 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis People from Kapasia Upazila {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub