Dr.
Mohammed Abdul Matin
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মোহাম্মদ আব্দুল মতিন
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh | |
| In office 9 July 1986 – 13 August 1989 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Jamal Uddin Ahmad |
| Succeeded by | Kazi Zafar Ahmed |
| Member of Parliament for Pabna-5 | |
| In office 18 February 1979 – 12 February 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Momin Talukder |
| Succeeded by | Rafiqul Islam Bakul |
| Member of Parliament for Sirajganj-7 | |
| In office 7 May 1986 – 6 December 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Kamruddin Ahia Khan Majlish |
| In office 28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Choyon Islam |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 12 June 1965 – 25 March 1969 | |
| Preceded by | Abdullah al Mahmood |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Constituency | Pabna-III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1932 Shahzadpur, Sirajganj, Pabna District, Bengal |
| Died | (aged 80) Shantinagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| Spouse | Tasmina Mahmood |
| Relatives | Abdullah al Mahmood (father-in-law) |
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Mohammed Abdul Matin (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আব্দুল মতিন; 1932 – 13 June 2012), popularly known as MA Matin,[1] was a Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician and a Deputy Prime Minister of Bangladesh.[2]
Mohammed Abdul Matin was born in c. 1932 to a Bengali Muslim family in Shahzadpur, Sirajganj, then a part of the Pabna District of the Bengal Presidency.[3]
Matin founded Sirajganj Shishu Hospital and North Bengal Medical College in Sirajganj. He was the former Chairman of Bangladesh Jatiya Party.[4]
Matin was elected to parliament from Pabna-5 as a Bangladesh Muslim League candidate in 1979.[5] He was elected as a Member of Parliament from the then Sirajganj-7 constituency as a candidate of Jatiya Party in the 3rd Jatiya Sangsad elections on 7 May 1986 and the 4th Jatiya Sangsad on 3 March 1988.[6][7] Matin was elected to parliament from Sirajganj-7 as a Bangladesh Jatiya Party candidate in 2001.[8]
His wife Tasmina Mahmud, a notable physician, was the daughter of Abdullah al Mahmood, former Minister of Industries and Natural Resources of Pakistan, and the sister of BNP politician Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku.[9][10]
His elder son, Mohammed Abdul Muqit, is a professor at the Department of Cardiology at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. His younger son, Mohammed Abdul Muhit, is a deputy vice-chancellor for the Asian University of Bangladesh.[11]
Matin died at his own home in Shantinagar from cardiac arrest on 13 June 2012.[4] He was buried in his family graveyard inn Sirajganj.[12]
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