Nurul Islam Manzur ( bn, নূরুল ইসলাম মঞ্জুর; 26 May 1936 – 26 May 2020) was a former

Bangladesh Awami League Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

politician and the former State Minister of Communication in the cabinet of

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengalis, Beng ...

. He was aligned with the

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

Career

Manzur was elected to Parliament in 1973, the first parliament of Bangladesh, from Bakerganj-8 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League. He served in the Fourth Sheikh Mujib cabinet as the State Minister of Communication. He was dismissed from the post by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 21 July 1975. According to the sources of the United States Embassy in Dhaka, he was removed due to his rivalry with Abdur Rab Serniabat, the Minister of Flood Control and Water Development and brother-in-law of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The two had a rivalry centering on

Barisal District Barisal District, officially spelled Barishal District from April 2018, is a district in south-central Bangladesh, formerly called Bakerganj district, established in 1797. Its headquarters are in the city of Barisal, which is also the headqua ...

, their home district. He joined the Moshtaque Ahmad government after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as State Minister for Railways and Communication. Manzur was arrested in 1999 along with

KM Obaidur Rahman KM Obaidur Rahman (5 May 1940 – 21 March 2007) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad in 1973 representing Bangladesh Awami League and in 1979, 1996 and 2001 representing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Ea ...

, and

Shah Moazzem Hossain Shah Moazzem Hossain (known as SM Hossain; 10 January 1939 – 14 September 2022) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the last Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He was elected as the Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rangpu ...

in the

jail killing Jail Killing refers to the murder of four Awami League leaders in prison by the planners of army officers who launched the 15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état. The four were former President Syed Nazrul Islam, former prime ministers Tajuddin Ahm ...

case in 1999 by the Bangladesh Awami League government. Their arrests were protested by 109 Members of Parliament of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. The jail killing refers to the killing of four national leaders in jail following the

15 August 1975 Bangladesh coup d'état Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16 *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music *Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak album ...

and

Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman The first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and most of his family were killed during the early hours of 15 August 1975 by a group of young Bangladesh Army personnel who invaded his Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, Dhanmondi 32 resi ...

. The court cleared them of the charges in 2004 when Bangladesh Nationalist Party was in power.

Death

Nurul Islam Manzur died on 26 May 2020.

References

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