Naziur Rahman Manzur

Naziur Rahman Manzur (নাজিউর রহমান মঞ্জুর; 15 March 1948 – 6 April 2008) was a Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician, founding chairman of the party, former government minister in the cabinet of Hussain Mohammad Ershad and the first mayor (elected by commissioners) of Dhaka City Corporation.

Early life
Manzur was born on 15 March 1948 to an aristocratic (Bengali Muslim) family known as the House of Balia in Bhola Island, then located in the Bakerganj District of the Dominion of Pakistan's East Bengal province. His father, Nawabzada Bazlur Rahman, was a descendant of Munga Khan who arrived in Bengal from Garmsir in Afghanistan. He was known to be a close descendant of Akbar The Great. During the eighteenth century. Khan was a powerful aristocrat who settled in the village greater Barisal, and his son, Shaykh Muhammad, served as a part of the Mughal durbar Mughal emperors and earned the title of shiqdar. Manzur's brother, Dr. Azizur Rahman, is a notable scientist. Who has a degree from the University of Leeds.

Career
In the 1980s he served as a minister in the cabinet of Hossain Mohammad Ershad and was a member of his Jatiya party. In 1999 Ershad had an alliance with the Khaleda Zia led Bangladesh Nationalist party which was the opposition party. Ershad decided to quit the alliance but a fraction of Jatiya Party leaders led by Naziur Rahman Manzur decided to quite the party and remain in the alliance led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party. This fraction became the Bangladesh Jatiya Party.

Personal life
Manzur had three sons, one of whom, Andaleeve Rahman is the present chairman of the party and a former member of parliament. His second son Dr Ashikur Rahman Shanto resigned from Jatiya Party in 2013 highlighting differences with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, which remains a key party in the BNP led 20 party alliance. The third son is Wasekur Rahman Anjan.

Death
Manzur died on 6 April 2008 in BIRDEM hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.