ASM Solomon () was a Member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan as a representative of

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. Later he became a politician of

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and a member of parliament for

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Biography

Solomon born on 25 January 1926. He acquired honors from the

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. He started his political career in 1946. In 1954, he became joint secretary of the

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. After that, he was elected as party's general-secretary in 1956. From the same year, he worked as editor of a weekly newspaper named "''Awaaz''" for four years. In 1965, he was elected a member of the 4th National Assembly of Pakistan representing Dacca-VI and became vice president of the All-Pakistan Labour Confederation. He worked as chief whip of Pakistan National Assembly from 1965 to 1969. After 1966, he was offered to lead the

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by secessionist organisation

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. In 1969, he served as the President of the Krishak Sramik Party. He opposed

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and supported Pakistan during

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in 1971. He became a member of

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. On 17 September 1971, he was made Labor and Social Welfare Minister of East Pakistan. After the

, the

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arrested him on 24 December 1971 for helping Pakistani government during war. He was released on 30 November 1973, when the government declared a general amnesty for detained cabinet members. Solomon was elected to parliament from Dhaka-30 as a

candidate in 1979 election. Around 1984, he was leader of Islamic United Front, a political alliance. After 1996, Solaiman became the chairman of

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, established in 1992. He died on 4 December 1997 at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College, Dhaka. It was decided to bury him in Mirpur martyred intellectuals graveyard. But

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and Projonmo '71 opposed the decision as he was against the independence of Bangladesh. Later Solaiman was buried in

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of Narayanganj District. He had two wives and four children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Solomon, ASM 1926 births 1997 deaths 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members Pakistani MNAs 1965–1969 Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Krishak Sramik Party politicians People of the Bangladesh Liberation War Provincial ministers of East Pakistan Bangladeshi newspaper editors People from Dhaka District