Akbar Kabir
Akbar Kabir | |
|---|---|
আকবর কবির | |
| Adviser for Information and Broadcasting | |
| In office 18 September 1976 – 12 October 1977 | |
| President | ASM Sayem Ziaur Rahman (acting) |
| Preceded by | Ziaur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Shamsul Huda Chaudhury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 5, 1915 Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | October 3, 2002 (aged 87) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Resting place | Faridpur, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | British India (before 1947) Pakistan (before 1971) Bangladesh |
| Children | Khushi Kabir Sigma Huda Selim Kabir |
| Alma mater | Calcutta University |
Akbar Kabir (5 January 1915-3 October 2002) was a Bangladeshi social worker and an adviser for the information ministry in the advisory council of presidents Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem and Major General Ziaur Rahman from September 1976 to October 1977. He was also the brother of former Indian Bengali education minister Humayun Kabir and Congress politician Jehangir Kabir as well as the father-in-law of renowned Bangladeshi barrister Nazmul Huda, who has also served in the Ministry of Information during former prime minister Khaleda Zia's first ministry.