, Nov. 7 -- Former finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali passed away in Dhaka on Thursday.

He breathed his last at a hospital in the capital, said his family.

Born on June 2, 1943, in Doctorpara village of Khanasama upazila in Dinajpur, Mahmud Ali was the son of Hasan Ali, a former minister of the then Pakistan government.

He was elected a Member of Parliament four times from Dinajpur-4 (Khansama-Chirirbandar) constituency during the Awami League government's tenure.

He served as the finance minister until from January 11, 2024 to August 5, 2024.

He also served as the foreign minister from February 2014 to January 2019 and earlier as the minister for disaster management and relief from 2012 to 2013.

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