ABM Abul Kashem | |
Office: | Member of Parliament |
Constituency: | Chittagong-4 |
Term Start: | 6 January 2009 |
Term End: | 28 January 2014 |
Predecessor: | L. K. Siddiqi |
Successor: | Didarul Alam |
Constituency1: | Chittagong-2 |
Term Start1: | 23 June 1996 |
Term End1: | 15 July 2001 |
Predecessor1: | L. K. Siddiqi |
Successor1: | L. K. Siddiqi |
Death Date: | 24 November 2015 (Aged 80) |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Children: | SM Al Mamun (son) |
Parliament: | Bangladesh |
Native Name: | এ বি এম আবুল কাসেম |
ABM Abul Kashem was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and member of parliament for Chittagong-2 and Chittagong-4.
Kashem was elected to parliament in 2008 from Chittagong-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[1] He served as the chairman of the parliamentary committee for the Ministry of Commerce.[2]
Kashem's son, SM Al Mamun, tried to grab land from ship breaking companies in Sitakunda Upazila for his ship breaking company, Unique Ship-breaking Yard, on 7 October 2009. His son also assaulted journalists trying to cover the incident.[3] [4] Kashem later apologized for his son's actions.[5]
Kashem died on 24 November 2015 in Square Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[6]