Abdus Sattar (president)

Abdus Sattar
আব্দুস সাত্তার
7th President of Bangladesh
In office 30 May 1981 – 24 March 1982
Prime Minister	Shah Azizur Rahman
Vice President	Mirza Nurul Huda Mohammad Mohammadullah
Preceded by	Ziaur Rahman
Succeeded by	A.F.M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury
2nd Vice President of Bangladesh
In office June 1977 – 30 May 1981
President	Ziaur Rahman
Preceded by	Syed Nazrul Islam
Succeeded by	Mirza Nurul Huda
2nd Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party
In office 30 May 1981 – 30 May 1984
General Secretary	Nurul Islam Shishu
Preceded by	Ziaur Rahman
Succeeded by	Khaleda Zia
Interior Minister of Pakistan
In office 17 March 1956 – 12 September 1956
Prime Minister	Chaudhry Muhammad Ali
Preceded by	A. K. Fazlul Huq
Succeeded by	Mir Ghulam Ali Talpur
Personal details
Born	(1906-03-01)1 March 1906 Birbhum, Bengal, British India (now West Bengal, India)
Died	5 October 1985(1985-10-05) (aged 79) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Alma mater	University of Calcutta

Abdus Sattar (1 March 1906^[1] – 5 October 1985)^[2] was a Bangladeshi statesman.^[3] A leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he served as the President of Bangladesh from 1981 to 1982, and earlier as the Vice President of Bangladesh. A jurist by profession, Abdus Sattar held numerous constitutional and political offices in British India, East Pakistan and Bangladesh. He was a cabinet minister, supreme court judge, and chief election commissioner.

Abdus Sattar was one of the few executive presidents in the country's history. Beset by health problems and old age, his short lived presidency was marked by growing political turmoil and interference from the military. Abdus Sattar was overthrown in the 1982 Bangladesh coup d'état.