Abdul sattar khan niazi death

President of Bangladesh from to

For other people with the same name, see Abdul Sattar (disambiguation).

Abdus Sattar^[a] (1 March – 5 October ) was a Bangladeshi statesman.^[b] A leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he served as the president of Bangladesh from to , and earlier as the vice president. A jurist by profession, Abdus Sattar held numerous constitutional and political offices in British India, East Pakistan and Bangladesh. He was a cabinet minister, supreme court judge, and chief election commissioner. He took oath and became president shortly after the assassination of president Ziaur Rahman.

Abdus Sattar was an elected president through a popular short lived presidency was marked by growing political turmoil and interference from the military. Abdus Sattar was overthrown in March of by the then army chief General

Early life and career

Abdus Sattar was born in in Birbhum in the then Bengal Presidency, Sattar!