Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi
Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States | |
| In office September 1975 – August 1978 | |
| Preceded by | M Hossain Ali |
| Succeeded by | Tabarak Husain |
| 1st Minister for Commerce and Foreign Trade | |
| In office 1972–1973 | |
| Member of Bangladesh Parliament from Chittagong-2 | |
| In office 7 March 1973 – 6 November 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | L. K. Siddiqi |
| Member of Pakistan National Assembly from NE-71 (Chittagong-I) | |
| In office 8 June 1962 – 1964 | |
| Succeeded by | Moulvi Sultan Ahmed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 March 1925 |
| Died | 6 February 1992 (aged 66) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Spouse | Begum Latifa Siddiqi |
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Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi (1 March 1925 – 6 February 1992) was a Bangladeshi entrepreneur, politician, and diplomat. He set up a number of manufacturing and finance businesses during the 1960s. He played a prominent role in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, organising resistance within Bangladesh and travelling to the U.S. to represent the Bangladesh Government in exile. He became Minister of Commerce and Foreign Trade in the newly formed state, and ambassador to the U.S. and Mexico.