MA Wadud

MA Wadud
মোহম্মদ আব্দুল ওয়াদুদ
Born(1925-08-01)1 August 1925
Died28 August 1983(1983-08-28) (aged 58)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupationpolitician
ChildrenDipu Moni

Mohammad Abdul Wadud (Bengali: মোহম্মদ আব্দুল ওয়াদুদ; 1 August 1925 – 28 August 1983), known as MA Wadud, was a Bangladeshi language activist and politician. He was one of the founding members of Awami Muslim League (later Bangladesh Awami League). He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2013 posthumously by the government of Bangladesh for his involvement in Bengali Language Movement in 1952. He is the father of former minister Dipu Moni.