Mohammad Abdul Munim

Mohammad Abdul Munim was the minister of finance of Bangladesh in 1988 and 1990.

Career

Munim retired from the Bangladesh Army as a major general.^[1] He was a close confidant of General Hussain Mohammad Ershad. In July 1983, he joined Ershad's government as the minister of public works.^[2]^[3] In February 1985, he was moved to minister of agriculture. He briefly took on the additional duties of minister of works and minister of energy and mineral resources from May 1986 to June 1986, but thereafter headed only one ministry at a time. In March 1987, he left agriculture to become minister of commerce.^[4]

In late 1987, opposition parties campaigned for democracy in an attempt to force Ershad to resign. Ershad responded by declaring a state of emergency in November and dissolving parliament on 6 December. Munim escaped an anti-government bombing uninjured on 7 December, but his car was severely damaged.^[5]

In January 1988, he moved from commerce to health and family planning, only to leave health in May to become minister of finance.^[4] In September he went back to health.^[6] In May 1989, he returned to agriculture.^[4] Finally, in March 1990 he again served as the minister of finance, where he stayed until December.^[1]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Resignation of Finance Minister". Keesing's Record of World Events. 36 (3): 37316. March 1990. Wahidul Haq resigned as Finance Minister on March 16, when his portfolio was transferred to Maj.-Gen. (retd) Mohammad Abdul Munim, the Minister of Agriculture.
^ "1073 Bangla army purge_after coup bid". News Review on South Asia and Indian Ocean. Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses: 581. July 1983. Maj Gen Mohammad Abdul Munim, another close confidant of Lt Gen Ershad, has joined the 14-menber Cabinet as Public Works Minister.
^ Daily Report: South Asia. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1983. p. 48.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. pp. 319, 321–322, 328. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
^ "Bangladeshi Minister Wounded in Bomb Attack". Durham Morning Herald. Reuters. 10 December 1987. p. 7. A bomb was thrown at the car of Commerce Minister Mohammad Abdul Munim while he was driving to his office Monday. The minister escaped unhurt, but his car was severely damaged.
^ "Global Briefs". The New York Times. 8 August 1988. p. D8. ... appointed the economist Wahidul Haq to the position of Finance Minister ... replaced Mohammad Abdul Munim, who took over the Ministry of Health and Population Control.

[keeMar1990-1] "Resignation of Finance Minister". Keesing's Record of World Events. 36 (3): 37316. March 1990. Wahidul Haq resigned as Finance Minister on March 16, when his portfolio was transferred to Maj.-Gen. (retd) Mohammad Abdul Munim, the Minister of Agriculture.

[IDSA1983-2] "1073 Bangla army purge_after coup bid". News Review on South Asia and Indian Ocean. Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses: 581. July 1983. Maj Gen Mohammad Abdul Munim, another close confidant of Lt Gen Ershad, has joined the 14-menber Cabinet as Public Works Minister.

[3] Daily Report: South Asia. Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1983. p. 48.

[Rahman2010-4] Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. pp. 319, 321–322, 328. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.

[5] "Bangladeshi Minister Wounded in Bomb Attack". Durham Morning Herald. Reuters. 10 December 1987. p. 7. A bomb was thrown at the car of Commerce Minister Mohammad Abdul Munim while he was driving to his office Monday. The minister escaped unhurt, but his car was severely damaged.

[6] "Global Briefs". The New York Times. 8 August 1988. p. D8. ... appointed the economist Wahidul Haq to the position of Finance Minister ... replaced Mohammad Abdul Munim, who took over the Ministry of Health and Population Control.

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