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Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman
আবুল হাসনাত মোহাম্মদ কামারুজ্জামান
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Minister of Industries
In office
25 January 1975 – 15 August 1975
President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Prime Minister Muhammad Mansur Ali
Preceded by Syed Nazrul Islam
Succeeded by Sultan Mahmud
5th President of Bangladesh Awami League
In office
18 January 1974 – 24 February 1975
General Secretary Zillur Rahman
Preceded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Succeeded by Syeda Zohra Tajuddin
Member of Jatiya Sangsad
In office
7 April 1973 – 18 January 1974
Preceded by Constituency established
Constituency Rajshahi
1st Minister of Home Affairs (in exile)
In office
10 April 1971 – 12 January 1972
President
  • Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  • Syed Nazrul Islam (acting)
Prime Minister Tajuddin Ahmed
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by Abdul Mannan
Personal details
Born (1926-06-26)26 June 1926
Natore, Bengal, British India (now Rajshahi, Bangladesh)
Died 3 November 1975(1975-11-03) (aged 49)
Dacca, Bangladesh
Political party Awami League
Children A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton
Occupation Politician, minister

Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman (26 June 1926 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician, government minister and a leading member of the Awami League. A member of the Mujibnagar Government, Qamaruzzaman was murdered along with Syed Nazrul Islam, Muhammad Mansur Ali and Tajuddin Ahmed in the jail killings in Dhaka Central Jail on 3 November 1975 by a group of army officers on the instruction of President Mostaq.

Early life

Qamaruzzaman was born on 26 June 1926 in the city of Bagatipara Upazila, Natore in the province of Bengal (now in Bangladesh). He obtained degrees in economics from the University of Calcutta in 1946, and a law degree from the Rajshahi University in 1956. He began practising after his induction in the Rajshahi District bar association. As a student, Qamaruzzaman became active in the Muslim League and worked for the Pakistan movement.

Political career

Qamaruzzaman joined the Awami League in 1956. He was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1962, 1965 and again in 1970. He rose to national party leadership posts in the late 1960s. During the Bangladesh Liberation War, Qamaruzzaman served as the minister of relief and rehabilitation in the provisional government of Bangladesh formed at Mujibnagar. After the creation of Bangladesh, he won election to the national parliament from Rajshahi in 1973. He resigned on 18 January 1974, to serve as president of the Awami League. In 1975, Kamaruzzaman was appointed minister of industries and a member of the executive committee of BAKSAL.

Death and legacy

After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975, Qamaruzzaman was arrested by the regime of the new president Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad and imprisoned in the Dhaka Central Jail with Tajuddin Ahmed, Syed Nazrul Islam and Mansur Ali. These four senior Awami League politicians were killed on 3 November 1975, by army officers who were responsible for Mujib's death. Qamaruzzaman's son, A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton, is an Awami League politician and the mayor of Rajshahi City.

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