Abdur Razzaq (politician, born 1942)

Abdur Razzaq (1 August 1942 – 23 December 2011) was a Bangladeshi politician and member of the Awami League Advisory Council.

[2] Razzaq was born in 1 August 1942 to a middle class business family of South Damudya village under Damudya Upazila of Shariatpur District in the province of Bengal (now Bangladesh) to father Alhaj Imamuddin and mother Begum Akfatun Nesa.

[citation needed] Razzaq passed his Secondary School Certificate examination from Damudya Muslim High School in 1958 and Higher Secondary School Certificate examination from Dhaka College in 1960, he then enrolled at University of Dhaka and passed the BA (Honors) in political science and in 1964 he enrolled and passed the MA in political science.

A versatile charismatic leader with dynamic organising capacity Razzaq emerged as a popular parliamentarian, and took over the responsibilities of different ministries of the Government of Bangladesh.

He was also an organiser and trainer of Mujib Bahini and was trained in Dehradun by General Uban of the Indian Army.

Both sons Nahim Razzaq (3rd from left) and Fahim Razzaq (2nd from left) at the inauguration ceremony of Y Magazine, KIB
Chairman of the Standing Committee for the Ministry of Water Resources, Abdur Razzaq along with Union Power Minister, Sushilkumar Shinde , in New Delhi