Md. Reazuddin Ahmed Explained

Honorific Prefix:Muhammad
Reazuddin Ahmed
Honorific Suffix:Bhola Mia
Birth Date:24 October 1929
Birth Place:Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh
Native Name:রিয়াজ উদ্দিন আহমেদ
Office:4th Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
Term Start:25 April 1988
Term End:5 April 1991
1Blankname:Speaker
1Namedata:Shamsul Huda Chowdhury
Predecessor:Md Korban Ali
Successor:Sheikh Razzak Ali
Death Place:Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh
Party:Jatiya Party
Constituency Mp1:Rangpur-13
Constituency Mp2:Rangpur-15
Constituency Mp3:Lalmonirhat-3
Termstart1:7 March 1973
Termend1:6 November 1976
Termstart2:18 February 1979
Termend2:12 February 1982
Termstart3:3 March 1988
Termend3:15 February 1996
Predecessor3:Abul Hossain
Successor3:GM Quader

Muhammad Reazuddin Ahmed (Bengali: মোহম্মদ রিয়াজ উদ্দিন আহমেদ; 24 October 1929 – 14 February 1997), popularly known by his daak naam Bhola Mia (Bengali: ভোলা মিঞা), was a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer and minister. He was a member of parliament for the then Rangpur-13, then Rangpur-15 and Lalmonirhat-3 constituencies.[1] [2] He was the deputy speaker of the 4th parliament of Bangladesh.[3]

Early life and education

Ahmed was born on 24 October 1929 to a Bengali Muslim family in Lalmonirhat (then under Kurigram), Rangpur district, Bengal Province. His father, Dalaluddin Ahmed, was a renowned wakil of Kurigram, and his mother's name was Rahimah Begum. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Calcutta in 1945, and became associated with politics whilst enrolling for law. He thereafter left education to pursue his political career.

Career

Riaz Uddin Ahmed was a lawyer and organiser of the Bangladesh Liberation War. He played an active role in all the political activities of the time including the Six Point Movement, Bengali Language Movement and participation in the war.

He was elected a member of parliament from the then Rangpur-13 constituency as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League in the first parliamentary elections of 1973.[4]

He joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and was elected as a member of parliament from the then Rangpur-15 constituency as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the second parliamentary elections of 1979.[5]

In the cabinet of Abdus Sattar, he first served as the minister of labor and industrial welfare and later as the minister of agriculture, labor and social welfare. He then joined the Jatiya Party. He was elected member of parliament from Lalmonirhat-3 constituency as a candidate of Jatiya Party in the 4th Jatiya Sangsad elections of 1988 and 5th Jatiya Sangsad of 1991. On 25 April 1988, he was appointed deputy speaker. He held the post till 4 April 1991.

Death

Reazuddin Ahmed died in Lalmonirhat on 14 February 1997.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of 5th Parliament Members . https://web.archive.org/web/20180917232851/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/5th.pdf . 17 September 2018 . 17 September 2018 . Bangladesh Parliament . bn.
  2. Web site: . List of 4th Parliament Members . 5 November 2019 . Bangladesh Parliament . bn.
  3. Web site: bn:ডেপুটি স্পীকারগণের তালিকা . List of Deputy Speakers . Bangladesh Parliament . 4 November 2016.
  4. Web site: 9 September 2018 . List of 1st Parliament Members . https://web.archive.org/web/20180909153327/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/1st.pdf . 9 September 2018 . 25 August 2019 . Bangladesh Parliament . bn.
  5. Web site: . List of 2nd Parliament Members . 13 August 2014 . Bangladesh Parliament . bn . https://web.archive.org/web/20180904090815/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf . 4 September 2018.
  6. Book: The Independent Yearbook, Bangladesh . 1998 . Beximco Media Limited . 210 . 25 July 2022.