Enamul Haque (politician) explained

Md Enamul Haque Zoj
Native Name:এনামুল হক জজ
Native Name Lang:bn
Constituency Mp:Mymensingh-10
Term Start:10 May 1986
Term End:15 February 1991
Predecessor:Aftab Uddin Chowdhury
Successor:Altaf Hossain Golandaz
Birth Date:c. 1939
Birth Place:Gafargaon, Bengal, British India
Death Date:11 January 2023 (aged 83)
Death Place:Gafargaon, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Party:Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Nationality:Bangladeshi

Md Enamul Haque Zoj (– 11 January 2023) was a Bangladeshi Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Mymensingh-10 constituency.[1]

Early life

Zoj studied at a Cadet College in Islamabad, Pakistan. He had completed his graduation in Lahore University. He later joined the Pakistan Army in 1968 as secretary of the Cumilla Armed Services Board until 1969. His father, Abdus Salam, served as a headmaster at different schools including at Gafargaon Islamia Govt High School.

Career

Zoj was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-10 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988.[2]

Personal life and death

Haque lived in Gafargaon, Mymensingh District with his third wife Ruma Haque and son Noor Elahi (b. 2012/2013).[3] In January 2021, he was one of 200 people who was donated a house as prime minister's gift at a programme in Gafargaon.[3]

Haque died on 11 January 2023, at the age of 83.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of 4th Parliament Members. 13 June 2021. Bangladesh Parliament. 9 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181209173843/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-4th-parliament-members-bangla. dead.
  2. Web site: "List of 3rd Parliament Members" . Bangladesh Parliament . 9 April 2020 . 18 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080059/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf . dead .
  3. News: 26 January 2021. Ex-MP finds home in shelter for poor. 13 June 2021. The Daily Star. en.
  4. News: bn:তৃতীয় স্ত্রীকে নিয়ে আশ্রয়ণ ঘরে বাস করা সেই এমপি মারা গেছেন . https://www.jagonews24.com/country/news/824688 . 12 January 2023 . Jaco News 24 . 11 January 2023.