M. A. Mannan
Mohammad Abdul Mannan | |
|---|---|
এম. এ. মান্নান | |
| State Minister of Religious Affairs | |
| In office 1991–1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia |
| Mayor of Gazipur | |
| In office 1991–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| In office 2013–2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Jahangir Alam |
| Member of Parliament for Gazipur-2 | |
| In office 5 March 1991 – 24 November 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Hasan Uddin Sarkar |
| Succeeded by | Ahsanullah Master |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gazipur, East Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Mohammad Abdul Mannan (known as M. A. Mannan) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He is the first elected city mayor of Gazipur City Corporation of Bangladesh.[1] Before that he served as the religious affairs minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1993.[2]
Career
Mannan was elected Gazipur City Corporation mayor in July 2013 and assumed office in August. In February 2015, police arrested him for his suspected involvement in an arson attack on a bus in Gazipur in February the same year.[3] The next month, panel mayor, local Awami League leader Asadur Rahman Kiron, who was elected a ward councillor, was made acting mayor upon a court directive. Mannan was released from jail in March 2016. He was rearrested in April the same year and released again in January 2017.[4] He rejoined the office in June 2017 but Local Government Division (LGD) suspended him for the third time on 6 July 2017.[5]
References
- ^ "Gazipur city Mayor detained". World Times 24. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ "People will vote for me: Mannan". bdnews24.com. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ "GCC Mayor Mannan arrested in city". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 11 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "Gazipur city mayor suspended again". The Daily Star. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Suspension, once again". The Daily Star. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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