Late Abdul Mannan was born in the village of Gobindapur under Nawabganj Upazila of Dhaka District. He was the eldest son of late Haji Abdus Samad and late Mrs. Khairunnesa Samad. He obtained his Bachelor's degree from the University of Dhaka and FCMA (qualification) from the Institute of Chartered Management Accountants in London, UK and obtained also CGMA (Chartered Global Management Accountant).

Late Mr. Mannan had been elected Member of Parliament from a Constituency of Jatiya Sangsad-181 (Dhaka-2, Nawabganj) for four consecutive terms from the fifth to eighth parliament and served as a State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism, and later for Textiles from 1991 to 1996. Earlier from 1978 to 1981, he had served as Managing Director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

He was the Founder Chairman of Bengal Airlift Group from 1982 to till his death; Managing Director of A.R. Chowdhury Securities Ltd. President of South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) and served as District Governor of Rotary International District 3280 (Bangladesh) in 1989-90. He had been Chairman of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), Bangladesh Chapter, for 14 years and also served as Associate Member of Wilton Park, Wiston House, Sussex, UK.

With a wide parliamentary knowledge and experience, he published his first book, ‘Parliament and I’ (RvZxq msm` Ges Avwg) in the Ekushey Book Fair, 2009. In the same year in December, his second book ‘Laws, Unlaws, Above-Laws, Outlaws and In-Laws’ and the third one ‘How precious is an Oath?’ (kc_ KZUv kc_gq) was published. The fourth book ‘Bengal, Thy Name is Beauty’ A Translated Version of Rupasse Bangla of Jibanananda Das, was published in 2021. Even though it was scripted during his lifetime, it was published after his demise with the great effort of his only daughter barrister Mehnaz Mannan.

He was married to (late) Nilufar Mannan and has left behind his only daughter Barrister Mehnaz Mannan, wife of Barrister Nasir Uddin Ahmed (Ashim), granddaughter Ahreen Ahmed, grandson Areez Ahmed and only brother A Quadir who lives in London with his wife and two daughters.