Ataur Rahman Khan

Ataur Rahman Khan (; 6 March 1905 – 7 December 1991) was a Bangladeshi lawyer, politician and writer, who served as the chief minister of East Pakistan from 1 September 1956 – 13 April 1958, and as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 30 March 1984 to 1 January 1985.

Early life

Ataur Rahman Khan was born on 1 July 1905 at Balia village, Dhamrai Thana, Dhaka district, East Bengal, British India. Khan formed the government of East Pakistan on 1 September 1956 and became the chief minister of East Pakistan. Sheikh Mujib was more popular with Awami League party workers than Khan. Huq was removed from the post of governor by President Iskander Mirza and Khan was back as the chief minister of East Pakistan in 12 hours. He and Suhrawardy's central and provincial government was criticised by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, leader of the leftist fraction of Awami League, while supported by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the leader of the nationalist fraction of Awami League. He worked with Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy under the National Democratic Front to restore democracy to Pakistan. In 1969, he was elected president of Dhaka High Court Bar Association.

In 1970, Khan contested the elections for the national assembly but lost.