Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher

Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher (; born 1958) is a Bangladeshi physician, politician, Islamic scholar, and social worker. He is the Nayeb-e-Ameer (vice president) of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and a member of its Central Working Committee.

He previously served as a member of parliament from the Comilla-12 constituency during the seventh parliamentary elections from 2001 to 2006. Following constituency re-delimitation, Comilla-12 is now known as Comilla-11.

According to user-provided information, he again became a member of parliament from the Comilla-11 constituency on 13 February 2026, succeeding Mujibul Haque Mujib.

He was elected general secretary of the Dhaka Medical College Student Union (DMCSU).

Career Taher was nominated as secretary general of the Islami Chatra Shibir and finally led the organisation as its central president for two consecutive terms during 1985-86 and 1986–87.

Taher was elected as a member of parliament in Bangladesh from 2001 to 2006 and was part of two parliamentary bodies, the public accounts committee and the public undertaking committee.

Taher was also arrested by joint forces on allegations of extortion, looting and grabbing during the tenure of the military backed caretaker government on 7 March 2007. Later he was released & he was the first person in the country to get corruption free certificate from government.

Taher was imprisoned several times, He was arrested on 2 January 2013, by RAB personnel, in connection with various allegations, including arson attacks, attacks on police and conspiracy against the government. He was later released on bail. His most recent imprisonment was on 25 July 2024 in July uprising and later he was released on 5 August 2024 after coup. Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher is seen exchanging greetings with Muhammad Yunus. Taher met with the first political secretary at the United States Embassy, Matthew Bay, on 16 October 2023.