Abdus Samad Azad
Abdus Samad Azad (
pronunciation ahb-DOOS sah-MAHD ah-ZAHD January 15, 1922 – April 27, 2005) was a diplomat and politician from Bangladesh. Azad was elected to Bangladesh's parliament five times from 1970 to 2001. He was also elected Member of Lower Assembly in the Parliament of then East Pakistan. He became President of the Muslim Student Federation of All - Asam in 1946 and Lead Language movement in 1952.
Life
Azad was born in Bhurakhali village, Sunamganj District, in what is now Bangladesh.
Career
He was a leader and an executive member of the Awami League and a friend to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by 1970 when he became the chief representative of the Bangladeshi independence movement in exile, helping the movement get international support while Mujibur Rahman was imprisoned. When independence for Bangladesh was achieved in 1971, Azad became its first foreign minister, within the Mujibur Rahman government. He served in that position until 1973 and then became agriculture minister. He was replaced by Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad as foreign minister.
Abdul Samad
Abdul Samad (Arabic: عبد الصمد) is a male Muslim given name, built on the Arabic words Abd, al- and Samad. The name means "servant of the Everlasting", al-Samad being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
Because the letter s is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to Abd al-Samad, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd as-Samad. Alternative transliterations include Abdus Samad and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation. It may refer to
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