M A Mannan

Muhammad Abdul Mannan (born 16 February 1946) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former minister of planning of Bangladesh from 2019 to 2024.

Early life Abdul Mannan was born on 16 February 1946 in Dungria, Assam Province, British India (now in Sunamganj District, Bangladesh). He finished his O-level at the PAF Public School Sargodha in Punjab, Pakistan. He graduated from the University of Dhaka.

On 2 February 1966, Abdul Mannan was the sole survivor of a helicopter crash, Pakistan International Airlines Flight 17, in which 23 other people died.

Career In 1974, he joined the government service as a BCS cadre. He served as the deputy commissioner of Kishoreganj District, Chittagong District, director general of the NGO Affairs Bureau, joint secretary (political) in the Ministry of Home Affairs, director general in the Prime Minister's office, chairman of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation, and the economic minister at the Bangladesh Permanent Mission in Geneva.

Controversy Abdul Mannan was detained after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government in August 2024.