Naziur Rahman Manzur

Naziur Rahman Manzur (Bengali: 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.[2][3]

Naziur Rahman Manzur
নাজিউর রহমান মঞ্জুর
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development
In office
10 July 1986 – 6 December 1990
PresidentHussain Muhammad Ershad
Prime MinisterAtaur Rahman Khan
Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Moudud Ahmed
Kazi Zafar Ahmed
Succeeded byAbdus Salam Talukder
Mayor of Dhaka
In office
9 October 1989 – 2 December 1990[1]
Prime MinisterMoudud Ahmed
Kazi Zafar Ahmed
Succeeded byAbul Hasnat
Member of Parliament
In office
10 July 1986 – 6 December 1990
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byTofail Ahmed
ConstituencyBhola-1
Personal details
Born(1948-03-15)15 March 1948
Bhola, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Died6 April 2008(2008-04-06) (aged 60)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Jatiya Party
Other political
affiliations		Jatiya Party (Ershad)
SpouseSheikh Reba Rahman
Relations
Children

Early life

Manzur was born on 15 March 1948 to a Bengali Muslim family known as the Taluqdars of Balia in Bhola Island, then located in the Bakerganj District of the Dominion of Pakistan's East Bengal province. His father, Bazlur Rahman Taluqdar, was a descendant of Munga Khan who arrived in Bengal from Garmsir in Afghanistan during the eighteenth century. Khan settled in the village of Saluka in greater Barisal, and his son, Shaykh Muhammad, served as a revenue officer for the Mughal emperors and earned the title of shiqdar. He received a kharija taluq in Bhola's Balia and Gazaria areas, and thus migrated from Saluka to Balia. Manzur's brother, Dr. Azizur Rahman, is a notable scientist.[4]

Career

In the 1980s he served as a minister in the cabinet of Hossain Mohammad Ershad and was a member of his Jatiya party[2] 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.[5]

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.[2][6] The third son is Wasekur Rahman Anjan.[2]

Death

Manzur died on 6 April 2008 in BIRDEM hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[7]

References
  1. ঢাকা জেলা. dhaka.gov.bd (in Bengali). Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. "Naziur Rahman Manzur dies at 59". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  3. "Naziur Rahman's son, Shanto resigns from BJP". The Daily Ittefaq. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  4. Ahmed, Siraj Uddin (2010). "বালিয়ার তালুকদার পরিবার" [The Taluqdar family of Balia]. বরিশাল বিভাগের ইতিহাস [History of Barisal Division]. Vol. 1. Dhaka: Bhaskar Prakashani.
  5. "Rift in JP widens". The Daily Star. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  6. "Naziur's son Andaliv new BJP president". The Daily Star. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  7. "Naziur Rahman Manzur dies at 59". independent-bangladesh.com. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
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