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Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad

1918 - 1996

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Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (Bengali: খন্দকার মুশতাক আহমেদ, romanized: Khandakar Mushtaq Ahmed; 27 February 1919 – 5 March 1996) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the Minister of Commerce in the third Mujib Rahman ministry under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and assumed the presidency of Bangladesh after the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 15 August 1975. He praised the assassins as "sons of the sun" and put cabinet ministers loyal to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in jail. He was himself deposed by another coup, less than three months later on November 3, 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad is the 14,463rd most popular politician (down from 11,900th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 26th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Bangladeshi Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad ranks 14,463 out of 19,576. Before him are Mahmoud Sami el-Baroudi, Epeli Nailatikau, Abdullah al-Sallal, Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Nabonassar, and Erich Mende. After him are José de Amézola y Aspizúa, Wojciech Fibak, Iput II, Gaius Marcius Rutilus, Elmira Minita Gordon, and Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad ranks 213. Before him are Frane Matošić, Alexander Galich, Gisela Arendt, Meir Vilner, Abraham Pais, and Bill Vukovich. After him are Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, Franjo Wölfl, Vicente de la Mata, Vladimir Dudintsev, Noronha, and Maria Aurèlia Capmany. Among people deceased in 1996, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad ranks 221. Before him are Duane Hanson, Veronica Guerin, Abdullah Çatlı, Edvin Wide, Pasqualino De Santis, and Roger Lapébie. After him are Wálter Guevara, Audrey Munson, Alifa Rifaat, Karol Jokl, Adelaide Lambert, and Johnny "Guitar" Watson.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad ranks 36 out of 74. Before him are Tajuddin Ahmad (1925), Kamini Roy (1864), Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926), Surya Sen (1894), Fakhruddin Ahmed (1940), and Zainul Abedin (1914). After him are Motiur Rahman Nizami (1943), Kalpana Datta (1913), Pritilata Waddedar (1911), Mrinal Sen (1923), Ritwik Ghatak (1925), and A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bangladesh

Among politicians born in Bangladesh, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad ranks 15. Before him are Iajuddin Ahmed (1931), Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894), Shahabuddin Ahmed (1930), A. B. Bardhan (1924), Tajuddin Ahmad (1925), and Abdur Rahman Biswas (1926). After him are Motiur Rahman Nizami (1943), Kalpana Datta (1913), A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873), Nurul Amin (1893), Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (1921), and Syed Nazrul Islam (1925).

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