Abu Zafar Obaidullah
Abu Zafar Obaidullah | |
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আবু জাফর ওবায়েদুল্লাহ | |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 1 August 1982 – 31 May 1984 | |
| President | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| Preceded by | Fasihuddin Mahtab |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Haleem Chowdhury |
| Minister of Water Resources | |
| In office 11 February 1982 – 1 June 1984 | |
| President | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| Preceded by | L. K. Siddiqi |
| Succeeded by | M. H. Khan |
| 11th Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 8 November 1984 – 10 December 1984 | |
| President | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
| Prime Minister | Ataur Rahman Khan |
| Preceded by | Humayun Rashid Choudhury |
| Succeeded by | A. H. S. Ataul Karim |
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| Born | Abu Zafar Mohammad Obaidullah Khan 8 February 1934 |
| Died | 19 March 2001 (aged 67) |
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| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
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Abu Zafar Obaidullah (8 February 1934 – 19 March 2001) was a Bangladeshi poet and civil servant. Two of his long poems, Aami-Kingbodontir-Kathaa Bolchi and Bristi O Shahosi Purush-er Jonyo Prarthona, have become famous since their first publication in the late 1970s.