Mohammad Asaduzzaman (politician)

Mohammad Asaduzzaman (11 November 1935 – 25 December 1993)[2] was a Bangladeshi politician who was elected four times as a Jatiya Sangsad member. His son Saifuzzaman Shikhor is the incumbent MP of Magura-1 constituency and his daughter Kamrul Laila Jolly was also a former member from the women's reserved seat.[3][4]

Mohammad Asaduzzaman
মোহাম্মদ আছাদুজ্জামান
Member of Parliament
for Magura-2
In office
1986–1988
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byNitai Roy Chowdhury
In office
1991 – 25 December 1993
Succeeded byQuazi Kamal
Personal details
Born(1935-11-11)11 November 1935
Magura District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died25 December 1993(1993-12-25) (aged 58)
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
ChildrenSaifuzzaman Shikhor (Son) Kamrul Laila Jolly (Daughter)
OccupationPolitician, lawyer[1]

Biography

Asaduzzaman was born on 11 November 1935 in Moulovi Joka which is a village of Polashbaria Union of Mohammadpur Upazila of Magura District.[5][6] When he was in class 8, he took part in Language Movement. He had joined to politics of Awami League in 1954. He also took part in various movements against the Pakistani Government, when Bangladesh was under Pakistani rule. He became general secretary of the Magura district Awami League in 1965. In 1970, he was elected to the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.[5] He took part in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[5]

After independence, in 1972, he became a member of Bangladesh Ganaparishad. He became the president of the Magura district Awami League in 1976. He became an MP in Second General Election of Bangladesh in 1979.[5][7] After that, he became an MP again in 1986 in Third General Election of Bangladesh and in 1991 in Fifth General Election of Bangladesh from Magura-2 constituency.[5][8][9]

Asaduzzaman died on 25 December 1993.[2][5]

References
  1. "Asaduzzaman's contributions recalled". The Daily Star. 2011-12-26. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  2. মুক্তিযুদ্ধের সংগঠক আছাদুজ্জামানের মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী আজ. The Daily Ittefaq. 25 December 2014. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  3. নাসিক নির্বাচন প্রমান করেছে দলীয় সরকারের অধীনে সুষ্ঠু নির্বাচন সম্ভব: ফজলে রাব্বি মিয়া. Janakantha (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  4. মাগুরা-১ শিখরের পক্ষে একাট্টা আ'লীগ. Samakal (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  5. মো.আছাদুজ্জামান: সংসদীয় বিতর্কের এক শিক্ষকের কথা. Channel I (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  6. আজ সাবেক এমপি আছাদুজ্জামানের মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী. Samakal (in Bengali). 25 December 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  7. দ্বিতীয় জাতীয় সংসদ সদস্য তালিকা. Bangladesh Parliament.
  8. তৃতীয় জাতীয় সংসদ সদস্য তালিকা (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament.
  9. ৫ম জাতীয় সংসদ সদস্য তালিকা (বাংলা) (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
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