Mohammed Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan | |
Native Name: | মোহাম্মদ শামছুল হক ভূঁইয়া |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Constituency Mp: | Chandpur-4 |
Parliament: | Bangladesh |
Term Start2: | 5 January 2014 |
Term End2: | 30 December 2018 |
Predecessor2: | Harunur Rashid |
Successor2: | Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman |
Birth Date: | 1 July 1948 |
Birth Place: | Chandpur District, Chittagong Division, East Bengal, Pakistan |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Alma Mater: | University of Atlanta |
Father: | Hasmat Ullah |
Mother: | Hazera Begum |
Spouse: | Anwara Haque |
Mohammed Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan (1 July 1948 – 2 February 2024) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chandpur-4 constituency during 2014–2018. He was a chief engineer of Dhaka City Corporation, a senate member of the University of Dhaka. He was also a businessman. He founded Apollo Group of Industries.
Bhuiyan was born in Chandpur District on 1 July 1948 to Mohammad Hasmat Ullah and Hazera Begum. He graduated with an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka. He then earned his PhD degree.[1]
Bhuiyan was elected to the parliament from Chandpur-4 in 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[1] He was the founder of Apollo University of Science and Technology in Chandpur.[2] He was the chairman of Appolo Group of Companies.[3] He was the chief executive officer of Destiny Group.[4] He was the president of Chandpur District unit of Bangladesh Awami League.[5]
In the 2024 Bangladeshi general election, Bhuiyan contested from Chandpur-4 and Chandpur-3 constituencies as an independent candidate and lost.
Bhuiyan is a social worker and educationist. With his contribution is established Gridkalindia Hazera Hasmat University College in Faridganj Upazila. Besides, he founded Kaonia Shaheed Habib Ulya High School.
Bhuiyan died in Dhaka on 2 February 2024, at the age of 75.[6]