Abdul Motaleb Malik (1905–1977) was the last civilian

Governor of East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

Early life

He was born on 1905 in

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. He studied medicine in Vienna. He was a trade unionist in Bengal.

Career

From 1949 to 1955 he was the Minister for Minorities Affairs, and Works, Health and Labour of Liaqat Ali Khan cabinet. Afterwards he served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Austria, People's Republic of China, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. From August 1969 to February 1971, he was made the Minister for Health, Labour, Works and Social Welfare. He was made the Governor of East Pakistan on 31 August 1971. His inauguration was attended by Abdul Monem Khan,

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, Fazlul Qadir Chaudhry,

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, Yusuf Ali Chowdhury,

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, Abdul Jabbar Khan, Ghulam Azam, and Pir Mohsinuddin. He resigned on 14 December 1971 with his entire cabinet after Indian MIG-21's had bombed a Dacca Government House where he was attending a high level-meeting. He then sought refuge in the

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shelter at Dhaka Hotel Intercontinental. On 20 November 1972 he was sentenced to life in prison for waging war against

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malik, Abdul Motaleb 1905 births Governors of East Pakistan People from Chuadanga District 1977 deaths 20th-century Bengalis Members of the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan