Abdul Jalil (politician)

Mohammad Abdul Jalil (Bengali: মোহাম্মদ আব্দুল জলিল; 21 January 1939 – 6 March 2013) was a Bangladeshi politician. At the time of his death, he was a Member of Parliament for the Naogaon-5 constituency.[2][3]

Abdul Jalil
আব্দুল জলিল
National Parliament
In office
2002–2006
Assumed office
January 6, 2009 (2009-01-06)
Personal details
Born
Mohammad Abdul Jalil

(1939-01-21)21 January 1939[1]
Naogaon, British India
(now Bangladesh)
DiedMarch 6, 2013(2013-03-06) (aged 74)[2]
Singapore
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
ResidenceDhaka, Bangladesh
Naogaon, Bangladesh
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Jalil was a former minister of Bangladesh Government, a member of the Central Committee of Bangladesh Awami League and a member of the advisors council of Bangladesh Awami League.[4] He was the founding Chairman of Mercantile Bank Limited. He expressed his satisfaction at the achievement of the bank during 2002 and advised the executives and officers to come forward with new banking products and innovative ideas. He served as the commerce minister as a technocrat.[5]

In 2009, while in London, he criticised Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina.[5]

References
  1. "Abdul Jalil". Mercantile Bank. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  2. Correspondent, Staff; bdnews24.com. "Abdul Jalil is dead". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  3. "9th Parliament Member's List". Parliament.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 27 December 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  4. Central Committee of Bangladesh Awami League Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Abdul Jalil is dead". bdnews24.com. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2013.


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