Fasihuddin Mahtab

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Fasihuddin Mahtab
ফসিউদ্দিন মাহতাব
Minister of Finance
In office
12 February – 24 March 1982
PresidentAbdus Sattar
Prime MinisterShah Azizur Rahman
Minister of Agriculture
In office
28 November 1981 – 11 February 1982
PresidentAbdus Sattar
Prime MinisterShah Azizur Rahman
Minister of Planning
In office
15 April 1979 – 27 November 1981
PresidentZiaur Rahman
Abdus Sattar (acting)
Prime MinisterShah Azizur Rahman
State Minister of Agriculture and Forest
In office
29 June 1978 – 6 April 1979
PresidentZiaur Rahman
Prime MinisterMashiur Rahman (acting)
Personal details
Born
Died(2008-09-22)22 September 2008
Resting placeBanani Graveyard, Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityFile:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh
PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
SpouseHajera Mahtab
Parent

Fasihuddin Mahtab (Bengali: ডঃ ফসিউদ্দিন মাহতাব), also spelt Fashiuddin Mahtab, was a Bangladeshi researcher, social worker and the secretary-general of BIRDEM and Diabetic Association of Bangladesh, as well as a member of President Ziaur Rahman's advisory council and later technocrat minister.[1][2][3] He was also the son-in-law of BIRDEM founder Muhammad Ibrahim,[2][4] who was also a member of the advisory council.[3][5]

Career

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In late 1970s, Mahtab served as a minister of state for agriculture during Ziaur Rahman's presidency before being promoted to cabinet minister.[3][4] He served variously as Planning Minister, Agriculture Minister and Finance Minister as a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the 2nd legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad.[3][6]

Personal life

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Mahtab was born to Bangladeshi politician and magistrate and East Pakistani MP of the national assembly Mahtabuddin Sarker.[4] He was married to Ibrahim's daughter Hajera Mahtab.[4]

Books

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  • Green Haauz Protikriya o Bangladeshe Tar Probhab (transl. Greenhouse Reaction and Its Effect on Bangladesh)[7]
  • Report on the Agricultural Census of Bangladesh[8]

Death and burial

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Mahtab died on September 22, 2008, at Leeds Hospital in London and was buried at the Banani Graveyard in Dhaka.[1]

References

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