Golam Dastagir Gazi | |
Native Name: | গোলাম দস্তগীর গাজী |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | Minister of Textiles and Jute |
Term Start: | 7 January 2019 |
Term End: | 11 January 2024 |
Predecessor: | Emaz Uddin Pramanik |
Successor: | Jahangir Kabir Nanak |
Constituency Mp1: | Narayanganj-1 |
Term Start1: | 25 January 2009 |
Term End1: | 6 August 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Abdul Matin Chowdhury |
Birth Date: | 14 September 1948 |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Spouse: | Hasina Gazi |
Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka |
Golam Dastagir Gazi (born 14 August 1948)[1] is a Bangladeshi industrialist and a politician of Bangladesh Awami League party. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Narayanganj-1 constituency.[2] In January 2019, he was selected as the minister of textiles and jute.[3]
Gazi is the chairman of Gazi TV[4] and the chairman of Gazi Group. He is a former director of Bangladesh Cricket Board.[4]
Gazi is a recipient of Bir Protik, the fourth-highest gallantry award in Bangladesh.[5] In the liberation war he was a member of the guerilla group Crack Platoon.[6] In 2020, he was awarded Independence Day Award by the government of Bangladesh.[7]
Gazi was born to Golam Kibria Gazi and Shamsunnesa Begum.[8] Gazi graduated from the University of Dhaka in 1968.[9]
In 1977, Gazi was elected as a commissioner in the first election of the Dhaka City Corporation from his electoral areas — Kakrail, Sidheshwari, Malibag, Eskaton and Mogbazar.[9] Gazi started his manufacturing industries in plastic and rubber sector in 1974.[9]
Gazi is a former president of Bangladesh-China Chamber of Commerce and Industry.[10]
Gazi is married to Hasina Gazi (b. 1955), a former mayor of Tarabo Municipality, Narayanganj.[11] [12] The couple is blessed with 2 sons.[13]