M. A. Malek was a brigadier general in the Bangladesh Army who served as an assistant to the chief adviser of the caretaker government of Bangladesh with the rank of a state minister.

[1][2] Malek was born in Barisal, East Bengal, Pakistan (now Bangladesh) on 4 February 1948.

Malek attended Barisal Zilla School and later enrolled into Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).

[citation needed] Malek was a member of the Mukti Bahini and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war.

[3] He served as the chairman of Bangladesh Power Development Board and as the special assistant of former Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed in the caretaker government.