Mohammed Abdul Matin

Mohammed Abdul Matin (; 13 November 1937 – 13 June 2012), popularly known as MA Matin, was a Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician and a deputy prime minister of Bangladesh.

Early life and education Mohammed Abdul Matin was born on 13 November 1937 to a Bengali Muslim family in Shahzadpur, Sirajganj, then a part of the Pabna District of the Bengal Presidency. He completed his matriculation in 1953 and also secured 5th position in the national wide order of merit. In 1955 he passed his higher secondary course from Dhaka College. He obtained his MBBS degree from Dhaka Medical College in 1960.

Matin was elected to parliament from Pabna-5 as a Bangladesh Muslim League candidate in 1979. He was elected as a member of parliament from the then Sirajganj-7 constituency as a candidate of Jatiya Party in the 3rd Jatiya Sangsad elections on 7 May 1986 and the 4th Jatiya Sangsad on 3 March 1988. Matin was elected to parliament from Sirajganj-7 as a Bangladesh Jatiya Party candidate in 2001.

Personal life His wife Tasmina Mahmud, a notable physician, was the daughter of Abdullah al Mahmood, former minister of industries and natural resources of Pakistan, and the sister of BNP politician Iqbal Hassan Mahmood.

His elder son, Mohammed Abdul Muqit, is a professor in the Department of Cardiology at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. His younger son, Mohammed Abdul Muhit, is a deputy vice-chancellor for the Asian University of Bangladesh.

Death Matin died at his home in Shantinagar from cardiac arrest on 13 June 2012.