Mirza Abdul Awal Explained

Mirza Abdul Awal
Native Name:মীর্জা আব্দুল আউয়াল
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:Member of the 2nd Jatiya Sangsad
Term Start:18 February 1979
Term End:12 February 1982
Predecessor:Abu Sayeed
Successor:Monzur Kader
Constituency:Pabna-8 (now Pabna-1)
President:Ziaur Rahman
Abdus Sattar
Primeminister:Mashiur Rahman
Shah Azizur Rahman
Office1:Member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:March 1954
Term End1:1958
Predecessor1:A. M. A. Hamid
Primeminister1:Mohammad Ali Bogra
Birth Place:Bera, Pabna District
Party:Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Relatives:Mirza Abdul Halim (brother)
Mirza Abdul Jalil (brother)
Manzur Quader (nephew)

Mirza Abdul Awal (Bengali: মীর্জা আব্দুল আউয়াল) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament of Pabna-8.

Early life and family

Abdul Awal was born into a Bengali Muslim family of Mirzas in the village of Jainagar in Bera, Pabna District. His brother, Mirza Abdul Halim, was a former parliamentarian who served as the Opposition Minister of State for Shipping. His other brother, Mirza Abdul Jalil, was a former president of the Bangladesh Krishak League. The retired army major Manzur Quader is his nephew.[1]

Career

Abdul Awal competed in the 1954 East Bengal Legislative Assembly election and successfully won a seat at the East Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was involved in the Bengali language movement and six point movement during the Pakistan period. Following the independence of Bangladesh, he was elected to the 2nd Jatiya Sangsad from Pabna-8 (Bera-Santhia; now Pabna-1) as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate following the 1979 Bangladeshi general election.[2] [3] Abdul Awal contested for Pabna-1 at the 1991 Bangladeshi general election, losing to Motiur Rahman Nizami.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: পাবনা-২ আসনে নৌকা চান মির্জা জলিল. 2018-11-05. bn. NTV. 2020-09-24.
  2. Web site: List of 2nd Parliament Members . . Bangladesh Parliament . bn . 13 August 2014.
  3. Book: Lal, Shiv. Bangla-Pak Polities. 1985. Election Archives. 193. en.
  4. Web site: Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics . . Vote Monitor Networks . 11 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081229003022/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=68 . 29 December 2008 . dead .