Mizanur Rahman Shelley (2 January 1943 – 12 August 2019) was a minister of

Government of Bangladesh The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Con ...

, political analyst, political scientist and educationalist.

Biography

Shelley was born on 2 January 1943 in

Munshiganj District Munshiganj ( bn, মুন্সীগঞ্জ), also historically known as Bikrampur, is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division and borders Dhaka District. Geography Total land area is 235974 acres (954 km2), ...

's Kusumpur Village. After completing study from

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

he joined its Political Science Department as a teacher. In 1967, he resigned from the post and joined Government Service. After joining Government Service he obtained a PhD from the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

in International Politics. He resigned from Government Service in 1980. He was the Director of Social Welfare Department at that time. He served as Minister of Information Ministry and Water Resources Ministry in 1990. Shelley was the Founding Chairman of the Center for Development Research Bangladesh and editor of Asian Affairs. He was also the Chairman of Premier Leasing and Finance. He was the Advisory Editor of Weekly ''Sochitro Swadesh'' and Trust Chairman of the ''

Bangladesh Times ''The Bangladesh Times'' was an English-language daily newspaper of Bangladesh. It was published by the Bangladesh Times Trustee Board which was chaired by Obaidul Haque. Mahbub Anam served as Editor of the Magazine. History ''The Bangladesh Tim ...

''. His writings were published in national dailies of Bangladesh. He wrote books about sociology and politics. He also wrote books covering other topics. In 2008 he received an honorary fellowship from the

Bangla Academy The Bangla Academy ( bn, বাংলা একাডেমি, ) is an autonomous institution funded by the Bangladesh government to foster the Bengali language, literature and culture, to develop and implement national language policy and to d ...

. Shelley was married to Sufia Rahman. She died in 2016. They had two sons. Their names are Tahmid Ibne Mizan and Arif Ibne Mizan. On the day of

Eid al-Adha Eid al-Adha () is the second and the larger of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam (the other being Eid al-Fitr). It honours the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ismail (Ishmael) as an act of obedience to Allah's co ...

1440 Hijri, Shelley died in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital of Dhaka on 12 August 2019 at the age of 76.

References

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