Mohammad Abul Quasem
Pakistani politician
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Mohammad Abul Quasem (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আবুল কাসেম) was a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer. He was a member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan and the Finance Minister of East Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Mohammad Abul Quasem | |
|---|---|
মোহাম্মদ আবুল কাসেম | |
| Minister of Finance in East Pakistan | |
| In office 17 September 1971 – 14 December 1971 | |
| Governor | Abdul Motaleb Malik |
| Preceded by | Mirza Nurul Huda |
| Succeeded by | position dissolved |
| Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 11 June 1962–12 January 1965 | |
| Leader | Khan A Sabur |
| Preceded by | Cecil Edward Gibbon |
| Succeeded by | Fazal Elahi Chaudhry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1913 |
| Party | Convention Muslim League |
| Education | University of Karachi Cotton College |
| Occupation | Politician and lawyer |
Early life
Abul Quasem was born in 1913 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Sodurtilla, Mankachar Thana, Goalpara District in the then Assam Province of British India.[1]
Education and career
He obtained a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Cotton College in 1938.[1] In 1946, he became a member of the Assam Legislative Council representing the South Dhubri constituency.[1][2] In 1950, three years after the partition of India, he left Assam (which became an Indian state)[1] and resided in Ulipur Thana, Rangpur District, East Bengal (part of Pakistan).[3] Two years later, he became a member of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan. Four years after obtaining his LLB from the University of Karachi in 1956, he completed a master's degree in political science from the same university.[1] In 1962, he represented Rangpur-1 as a member of the 3rd National Assembly of Pakistan.[4] He was appointed deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.[1] He was a member of the Council Muslim League[5] and became the president of the East Pakistan Council Muslim League in 1964.[1] On 17 September 1971, during the Bangladesh Liberation War, he was appointed a member of the cabinet of Abdul Motaleb Malik,[5] serving as the finance minister of East Pakistan.[6] After the independence of Bangladesh, on 24 December 1971, the Government of Bangladesh arrested him for collaborating with Pakistan during the war.[7] On 30 November 1973, he was released after the government declared a general amnesty for detained cabinet members.[8]
Death
Quasem died in the 1980s or earlier.[8]
