Abdul Momen Khan (1 October 1919 – 12 December 1984) was a

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politician.

Education and career

While a student, Khan was elected the first Speaker of the Students Union of the newly founded Fazlul Huq Hall of the University of Dhaka. He completed his Bachelor's with Honours and then Master's in Economics from the

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in 1941 and joined as a faculty member at the Calcutta Government Commercial College in 1942. In 1954, he joined the Pakistan Civil Service. He rose to highest position of Civil Service in Bangladesh as the Cabinet Secretary before joining politics in 1977 being assigned the portfolio of Food in the Cabinet formed by President Ziaur Rahmam. Momen Khan was a founder member of the newly formed National Democratic Party (JAGODAL) and member of its first central convening committee and later also a founding member of the

and its Vice President. He served as the Minister of Food during 1977–1982. Khan was elected as a member of the

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in 1979 with the nomination from BNP.

References

1919 births 1984 deaths People from Narsingdi District Politicians from Dhaka Division University of Dhaka alumni Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members Ministers of food of Bangladesh Place of birth missing Secretaries of the Cabinet (Bangladesh) {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub