Abdul Wahab Khan

Abdul Wahab Khan (; 18 April 1898 – 12 July 1972) was the 3rd speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Early life and family Khan was born on 18 April 1898 to a middle-class Bengali Muslim family of Khans in the village of Rahmatpur in Babuganj, Backergunge District, Bengal Presidency. The village was named after his ancestor, Rahmat Khan, an Afghan migrant who was killed in conflict with Raja Kandarpanarayan Rai of Chandradwip in the 16th century. His father, Sadat Ali Khan, was a moulvi. Khan completed his Bachelor of Arts from Brojomohun College in 1918, and his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Calcutta in 1921.

Career Khan served as an assistant public prosecutor for twenty years at the Barisal Court. He became the vice-chairman of Barisal Sadar Local Board in 1922, and then the vice-chairman of the Barisal District Board from 1927 to 1933. In 1940, he was appointed the chairman of the District Board and held this role until 1952. He served as the elected commissioner of the Barisal Municipality for three consecutive terms. In 1942, he became the vice-president of the Barisal District School Board, and was made president in 1950.

Death Khan died on 12 July 1972 in Dacca, Bangladesh.