Benzir Ahmed Explained

Benzir Ahmed
Native Name:বেনজির আহমেদ
Native Name Lang:bn
Constituency Mp:Dhaka-20
Parliament:Bangladesh
Term Start:30 January 2019
Term End:6 August 2024
Predecessor:M. A. Maleque
Term Start1:30 December 2008
Term End1:29 January 2014
Predecessor1:Constituency created
Party:Bangladesh Awami League
Children:3
Education:M.A.
Alma Mater:University of Dhaka
Occupation:Business

Benzir Ahmed (born 29 February 1952) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-20 constituency.

Early life

Ahmed was born on 29 February 1952 in the village of Bainna, Dhamrai, Dhaka District, East Pakistan, Pakistan, the third child among four brothers and two sisters.[1] He attended Manikganj Govt. Debendra College and Dhaka University. He has a M.A. degree.[2]

Career

Ahmed was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Dhaka-20 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. He received the nomination to contest the 2018 election from Dhaka-20.[3] He is the president of the Dhaka District unit of the Bangladesh Awami League.[4] He was the President of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies(BAIRA).[5] In 2022 BAIRA Election, he lost to the panel led by Mohammad Abul Bashar.[6]

Political life

Benjir was elected as the first Member of Parliament in the Ninth National Parliament elections in 2008.[7] During the Ninth Parliament, he was a member of the Petition Committee and the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Lands. In 2014, he did not participate in the election as he was not nominated. He was nominated by Awami League in the 11th National Parliament election held on December 30, 2018 and later got the candidacy of Grand Alliance.[8] He was nominated by Awami League in the 12th National Parliament election held on January 7, 2024. He got 83,708 thousand votes defeating his nearest rival independent candidate Mohaddesh Hossain.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. News: FF Benjir Ahmed gets AL ticket in Dhaka 20 . The Asian Age . Bangladesh . 27 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Constituency 193 . Bangladesh Parliament . 24 December 2018.
  3. News: Who are the Awami League candidates? . 24 December 2018 . BD News24.
  4. News: AL enough to defeat itself in next polls! . 24 December 2018 . Prothom Alo.
  5. News: Manpower recruiting agencies demand Tk 2,000cr stimulus package . 2021-07-07 . UNB.
  6. Web site: প্রতিবেদক . জ্যেষ্ঠ . বায়রা নির্বাচনে নূর আলী-বাশার প্যানেলের জয় . 2022-09-21 . bdnews24 . bn.
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20180920075844/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/bn/mps-bangla/members-of-parliament-bangla/former-mp-s/2013-03-28-17-14-33?layout=edit&id=842
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20181231073054/https://bangla.bdnews24.com/11thparliamentaryelection/article1577380.bdnews
  9. https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Dhaka-20&d=dhaka
  10. https://www.dhakapost.com/parliament-election/seats/dhaka-20