Ataur Rahman Khan

Ataur Rahman Khan was a Bangladeshi lawyer, politician and writer, and served as Chief Minister of East Pakistan from 1956-1958, and as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 30 March 1984 to 1 January 1985. He is noted for being the only Bangladeshi to have served as premier in both pre and post independent Bangladesh.

Ataur Rahman Khan was born on 5 March 1905 at Balia village in Dhamrai thana of Dhaka district. Ataur Rahman Khan began his career in politics as an activist of the Krishak Praja Samiti. He was secretary of the Dhaka district unit of the party in 1934-35 AD. He joined the Muslim League in 1944, and was a member of the Dhaka district committee and vice president of the Manikganj Sub-divisional unit committee of the Party.