Abdul Malek Ukil

Abdul Malek Ukil (Bengali: আব্দুল মালেক উকিল; 1 October 1924 – 17 October 1987) was the president of Bangladesh Awami League, speaker of parliament, home minister, health minister, a member of parliament for many years and a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

He was one of the drafters of the Constitution of Bangladesh and also one of the founding members of East Bengal Muslim Students League.

Malek Ukil was a founding member of East Bengal Muslim Student League.

After the start of Bangladesh Liberation War he joined the Relief and Rehabilitation Committee in the Mujibnagar Government.

They had two sons: Gulam Mohiuddin Latu and Baharuddin Khelon and five daughters: Fatema Begum (Ruby), Amena Begum (Baby), Nurun Nahar (Lily), Nurunnesa (Maya) and Lima Malek.

After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975, Abdul Malek Ukil, then speaker of parliament dominated by the Awami League, said in London in September 1975, "The Pharaoh has fallen.