Shah Abdul Hannan (Bengali: শাহ আবদুল হান্নান; 23 September 1939 – 2 June 2021) was a Bangladeshi Islamic philosopher, writer, economist, educator and media personality. He served as the deputy governor of the Bangladesh Bank and chairman of the National Board of Revenue. He was the founder vice chancellor of Darul Ihsan University, North South University, chairman of the Islamic Economics Research Bureau, and the director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd.^[2][3]

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Shah Abdul Hannan was born in 1939 in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. He completed Bachelor of Economics and Political Science in 1959 and Master of Political Science in 1961 from University of Dhaka. After successfully completing studentship he joined the then Pakistan Civil Service.

Books written by Shah Abdul Hannan:

• Islami Ortthonitite Shorker er Vumika (1985)
• Islami Orthoniti: Dorshon O Kormokoushol (2002)
• Nari Shomossa o Islam (1988)
• Nari O Bastobota (2002)
• Social Laws of Islam (1995)
• Desh Shomaj O Rajniti (2003)
• Bishoy Chinta
• Soviet Union e Islam (1976)
• Usul-al-Fiqh (2000)
• Law Economics and history (2003)
• Islam and Gender: The Bangladesh Perspective (2016)

He had two children, Samina Akhter and Shah Mustafa Faisal.

Hannan died at Ibn Sina Hospital on 2 June 2021, at the age of 82.^[1] He has been undergoing treatment since 8 May for geriatric illness; during this time he suffered multiple heart attacks, and lost his memory due to inflammation in the brain.^[10] Per Islamic tradition, he was given Salat al-Janazah funeral prayers: one was held at Dhanmondi Shahi Eidgah, another was in front of his house, and a third was at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. Afterwards, he was buried at Shahjahanpur Cemetery in Dhaka.^[10]