Syed Abdus Salim

Syed Abdus Salim (1905–1967) was a Pakistani politician.

Salim, a member of Machang's Syed family, was born in 1905 at the Ahsan Manzil, Dhaka, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India. In the 1937 Bengal Legislative Assembly election, he contested and elected as a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly. In 1940, he became chairman of the Dacca District Board. Later, in 1946, he contested in the 1946 Bengal Legislative Assembly election and elected as a member of the legislative assembly. During the Suhrawardy cabinet, he was a parliamentary secretary. In 1947, after independence of Pakistan, his tenure as Dhaka District Board's Chairmanship ended and he became member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly. In 1949, he was made the provincial commerce, labour and industries minister of East Bengal and he continued this responsibility till 1954. He was the chairman of Pakistan Tea Board and East Pakistan Provincial Co-operative Bank Ltd. He died on 28 December 1967 in Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Syed A. Salim passes away". The Pakistan Observer. 29 December 1967. p. 1.
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