Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder

Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder
Member of Parliament for Sylhet-5
In office
14 July 1996 – 13 July 2001
Preceded byAbdul Kahir Chowdhury
Succeeded byFarid Uddin Chowdhury
In office
25 January 2009 – 24 January 2014
Preceded byFarid Uddin Chowdhury
Succeeded bySalim Uddin
In office
29 January 2019 – 29 January 2024
Preceded bySalim Uddin
Succeeded byHusam Uddin Chowdhury
Personal details
Born (1935-03-29) 29 March 1935 (age 89)
Zakiganj, Assam, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
RelativesMahmudur Rahman Majumdar (uncle)
Emdadur Rahman Mazumder (dad)
Rana Laila Hafiz Mazumder (daughter)
Runa Fowzia Hafiz Mazumder (daughter)
EducationJessore Zilla School
Murari Chand College
Brojomohun College
AwardsKhan Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal (2011)

Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder (born 29 March 1935)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician, former chairman of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and Pubali Bank Limited, businessman, and a member of parliament.[2]

He served as the chairman of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Limited.[3] He also served as the chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society.[4][5]

Early life and education

He was born in 1935 in Zakiganj, Sylhet.[citation needed]

Career

In 1985, he established the Hafiz Mazumder Education Trust to help develop education in Sylhet district. He is the founder and chairman of the academic council of Scholarshome and also founded the Hafsa Mazumder Women's College, the Sajjad Mazumder Bidyaniketan and the Hafiz Mazumder Bidyaniketan. His services to society have won him numerous awards such as the Khwaja Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal, from the Ahsania Mission in 2011.[6]

Mazumder was elected to Parliament in the 2008 Bangladesh General Election as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League from Sylhet-5.[7] He beat Moulana Farid Uddin Chowdhury, former member of parliament from Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, by 31 thousand votes.[8] He was appointed the chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society on 9 April 2015.[9] He did not receive nomination for the 2014 Bangladesh General Election from Bangladesh Awami League. Instead, the nomination went to Mashuk Uddin Ahmed.[10] he founded Hafiz Mazumder Education Trust to improve education in Sylhet.[11]

On 12 May 2010, he was re-elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank.[11] On 27 April 2012, he was re-elected again as chairman of the bank.[12] On 25 February 2014, Mazumder was removed from the post of chairman of Pubali Bank by an order of Bangladesh High Court along with 7 directors of the bank. The High Court gave the order in response to a petition filed by Shafee Ahmed Chowdhury, a shareholder of the bank.[13] He was re-elected chairman of the board on 5 April 2015.[14] He served as the chairman of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank till 8 May 2016 when he retired. He was replaced by Habibur Rahman. Mazumder was appointed as an adviser to Pubali bank. His daughter, Runa Laila Hafiz, was made a director of the Pubali Bank.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ "Constituency 233_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament.
  2. ^ "Pubali Bank Limited". pubalibangla.com. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder". The New Nation. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  4. ^ বাংলাদেশ রেড ক্রিসেন্ট সোসাইটির নতুন চেয়ারম্যান আবদুল ওয়াহ্হাব. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Bilateral meeting held between Bangladesh and Iranian Red Crescent Society". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. ^ হাফিজ মজুমদার. Maasranga Television (in Bengali). 30 December 2018.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Contact an MP". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  8. ^ "6 reasons behind 4-party's poll debacle in Sylhet divn". The Daily Star. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Bangladesh Red Crescent Society gets new chairman". The Daily Star. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  10. ^ "AL nominates five new faces in Sylhet". The Daily Star. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Pubali Bank chairman re-elected". The Daily Star. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Pubali Bank re-elects top brass". The Daily Star. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Pubali Bank loses Chairman, directors". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  14. ^ "Pubali Bank re-elects top officials". The Daily Star. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  15. ^ "Pubali Bank gets new Chairman". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  16. ^ "Pubali Bank elects new chairman". The Daily Star. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2018.