Fakir Abdul Mannan

Fakir Abdul Mannan (1901, Gazipur - 1994) was the former Minister of Agriculture of East Pakistan and lawyer.

Career
Mannan was involved in the Pakistan Movement as a leader of the Muslim League. He stood for one of the Dhaka seats in the 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election, but lost to law student Tajuddin Ahmad by 13 thousand votes. In 1960, Mannan was the secretary of the Provincial Muslim League.

Mannan was the Minister of Food and Agriculture of East Pakistan from 1965 to 1968. He is a former Provincial General Secretary of East Pakistan Muslim League. He also served as the President of East Pakistan Provincial Muslim League and had called Bengalis "crooks that is why they respond to the leadership of a crook".

Personal life
Mannan' son, Hannan Shah, was a former Minister of Bangladesh and his other son, Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman, was a justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Death
Mannan died in 1994. He is buried in Chala Bazar, Gazipur.