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A.S.M. Solomon
এ এস এম সোলায়মান
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Dhaka-30
In office
18 February 1979 – 12 February 1982
LeaderShah Azizur Rahman
Preceded byAKM Samsuzzoha
Succeeded byposition abolished
East Pakistan Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare Minister
In office
30 September 1971 – 14 December 1971
GovernorAbdul Motaleb Malik
AdministratorA. A. K. Niazi
Preceded byunknown
Succeeded byposition abolished
Member of the Pakistan Parliament
for NE-44 Dacca-VI
In office
1965–1969
Leadervacant
Preceded byBenajir Ahmed
Succeeded byAKM Samsuzzoha
Personal details
Born1927 (1927)
Died(1997-12-04)4 December 1997
Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Other political
affiliations
Krishak Sramik Party
Residence(s)Sonargaon Building, Pallabi, Dhaka

ASM Solomon (Bengali: এ এস এম সোলায়মান) was a Member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan as a representative of East Pakistan. Later he became a politican of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a member of parliament for Dhaka-30.

Biography

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Sulaiman born in 1927. He started his political career in 1946. In 1954, he became joint secretary of Krishak Sramik Party.[1] He was elected a member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan representing Dacca-VI.[2] He worked as chief whip of Pakistan National Assembly from 1965 to 1969.[1] He was also family planning minister of Pakistan.[3] In 1969, he served as the President of Krishak Sramik Party.[4] He opposed independence of Bangladesh and supported Pakistan during Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[5] He became a member of East Pakistan Central Peace Committee.[6] In 17 September 1971, during Bangladesh Liberation War, he was made Labor and Social Welfare Minister of East Pakistan.[7][8] Solomon was elected to parliament from Dhaka-30 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979 election.[9] Solaiman became the chairman of National Democratic Alliance, established in 1992. He died in 4 December 1997 at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Dhaka. It was decided to bury him in Mirpur martyred intellectuals graveyard.[1] But Muktijoddha Sangsad, Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee and Projonmo '71 opposed the decision as he was against the independence of Bangladesh.[10] Later Solaiman was buried in Sonargaon Upazila of Narayanganj District. He had two wives and four children.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "এ এস এম সোলায়মানের ইন্তেকাল". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 5 December 1997. p. 15–16.
  2. ^ "প্রদেশে আসনওয়ারী ফলাফল". The Daily Ittefaq (in Bengali). 22 March 1965. p. 12.
  3. ^ "এ এস এম সোলায়মানের কন্যা দাবীদার সোনারগাঁয়ের রত্না পুলিশের হাতে আটক". Daily Rudrabarta (in Bengali). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  4. ^ Pakistan Affairs. Information Division, Embassy of Pakistan. 1969.
  5. ^ "ভারতীয় ষড়যন্ত্রকে নস্যাৎ করার জন্যে সোলায়মানের আহবান". Purbadesh (in Bengali). 16 May 1971.
  6. ^ Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir, eds. (2012). "Peace Committee". Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  7. ^ বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (in Bengali). Vol. VII. p. 656.
  8. ^ Ishtiaq, Ahmad (17 September 2021). "১৭ সেপ্টেম্বর ১৯৭১: ১০ সদস্যের প্রাদেশিক মন্ত্রিসভা ঘোষণা". The Daily Star (in Bengali).
  9. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  10. ^ "সোলায়মানকে শহীদ বুদ্ধিজীবী কবরস্থানে দাফনের প্রতিবাদ". The Sangbad (in Bengali). 5 December 1997.
  11. ^ "সাবেক মন্ত্রী এ এস এম সোলায়মানের মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ". Daily Rudrabarta (in Bengali). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.