| Mohammad Abdul Hamid | |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | 15th President of Bangladesh |
| Term Start: | 14 March 2013 |
| Term End: | 24 April 2023 |
| Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
| Predecessor: | Zillur Rahman |
| Successor: | Mohammed Shahabuddin |
| Office1: | 9th Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad |
| Deputy1: | Shawkat Ali |
| Predecessor1: | Jamiruddin Sircar |
| Successor1: | Shawkat Ali (Acting) |
| Term Start1: | 25 January 2009 |
| Term End1: | 24 April 2013 |
| Deputy2: | Ali Ashraf |
| Predecessor2: | Humayun Rashid Chowdhury |
| Successor2: | Jamiruddin Sircar |
| Term Start2: | 12 July 2001 |
| Term End2: | 28 October 2001 |
| Office3: | 8th Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad |
| 1Blankname3: | Speaker |
| 1Namedata3: | Humayun Rashid Chowdhury |
| Predecessor3: | L. K. Siddiqi |
| Successor3: | Ali Ashraf |
| Term Start3: | 14 July 1996 |
| Term End3: | 10 July 2001 |
| Office4: | Member of Parliament |
| Constituency4: | Kishoreganj-4 |
| Term Start4: | 2008 |
| Term End4: | 2013 |
| Predecessor4: | Osman Faruk |
| Successor4: | Rejwan Ahammad Taufiq |
| Constituency5: | Kishoreganj-5 |
| Term Start5: | June 1996 |
| Term End5: | 2006 |
| Predecessor5: | Imdadul Haque |
| Successor5: | Md. Afzal Hossain |
| Constituency6: | Kishoreganj-5 |
| Term Start6: | 1990 |
| Term End6: | 1996 |
| Predecessor6: | Abdul Latif Bhuiyan |
| Successor6: | Imdadul Haque |
| Constituency7: | Kishoreganj-5 |
| Term Start7: | 1986 |
| Term End7: | 1988 |
| Predecessor7: | constituency established |
| Successor7: | Abdul Latif Bhuiyan |
| Birth Date: | 1944 1, df=yes |
| Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Alma Mater: | Gurudayal Government College |
| Awards: | Independence Award (2013) |
Mohammad Abdul Hamid (born 1 January 1944) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the 15th president of Bangladesh from 2013 to 2023.[1] [2] He was elected to his first term in April 2013,[3] [4] and re-elected in 2018.[5] [6] Previously, he served as the speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad from January 2009 to April 2013. He was the acting president after the death of Zillur Rahman in March 2013.[7] He was the longest serving president in the history of Bangladesh.[8] [9]
Hamid was born in Kamalpur village, Mithamain Upazila under Kishoreganj District to Mohammad Tayebuddin and Tomiza Khatun.[7] He started his early education in the village primary school. After finishing primary education, he went to his relative's house in Bhairabpur and joined Bhairab K.B. Pilot High School for secondary education. Abdul Hamid passed I.A. and B.A. from Gurudayal Government College in Kishoreganj. He obtained the degree of LL.B. from Central Law College which is now affiliated with the University of Dhaka.[7] [10] He then joined Kishoreganj Bar as an advocate. He was President of the Kishoreganj District Bar Association five times during 1990–96.[7]
Hamid joined Chhatra League in 1959 whilst a student in Kishoreganj, as the vice-president of Gurudayal Government College. He was also elected the vice-president of the Chhatra League of Mymensingh District Unit in 1966–67. At the end of 1969, he joined the Awami League. In the 1970 Pakistan general election, Abdul Hamid was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Mymensingh-18 constituency; he was the youngest person elected. In the general elections of 1973, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2009 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Kishoreganj-5 constituency as a nominee of the Awami League. He was the Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament of Bangladesh when an Awami League government was in office from 1996 to 2001. On 25 January 2009, he became the Speaker of the National Parliament.[11] For his contribution to the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, he received the Independence Award in 2013.[12]
Hamid was appointed acting President of Bangladesh on 14 March 2013, while President Zillur Rahman was in hospital in Singapore. Zillur Rahman died six days later.[13] Later, Abdul Hamid was elected unopposed as president on 22 April 2013. He was sworn into office on 24 April.[14] On 7 February 2018, he was re-elected unopposed for a second term.[6]
Hamid suggested that a United Nations-administered humanitarian corridor be established in Myanmar for the Rohingya Muslims.[15]
Hamid has been married to Rashida Hamid since 1964.[16] [17] Together they have three sons and one daughter.[7] His son Rejwan Ahammad Taufiq is a MP from Kishoreganj-4.[18]