Asaduzzaman Khan (1916 – 21 January 1992) was a Bangladeshi politician and government minister.
Early life
Khan was born in 1916 in
Kishoreganj
Kishoreganj is a city and the headquarters of Kishoreganj District
Kishoreganj ( bn, কিশোরগঞ্জ) is a district in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. Earlier it was a Mohkuma (মহকুমা) under the Mymensingh district. It ...
,
East Bengal,
British Raj. He finished law degree from the
University of Dhaka and M.A. in history from there.
Career
In 1941, Khan joined the
Bengal Civil Service
The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.
Its members ruled over more than 300 million p ...
, judicial branch. He was also a part-time lecturer of
University of Dhaka's Law Department and a lawyer in the High Court. In 1965, he was elected to the
East Pakistan Provincial Assembly in 1965. He served as the leader of the opposition in the assembly 1967 and joined
Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people.
The adjective appears in the following proper names:
*Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
*Awami Front, wa ...
in 1969. He served as the minister of jute in the cabinet of
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975 and later the Minister of Port, Navigation, and Inland Water Transport in the
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad cabinet. In 1979, he was elected head of the Awami League and served as the leader of the opposition.
Death
Khan died on 21 January 1992 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
References
1916 births
1992 deaths
Awami League politicians
1st Jatiya Sangsad members
2nd Jatiya Sangsad members
Leaders of the Opposition (Bangladesh)
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University of Dhaka alumni