Muhammed Sohul Hussain Explained

Muhammed Sohul Hussain is a former Election Commissioner of Bangladesh during the 2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis.[1] In 2022, he was part of the search committee created to appoint new election commissioners.[2]

Career

Hussain was the Secretary at the Ministry of Law.[3]

Hussain was appointed the Election Commissioner on 5 February 2007.[4] [5] The entire commission had resigned before his appointment. M Sakhawat Hossain was appoint his fellow commissioner and A. T. M. Shamsul Huda was appointed the chief commission.[6] In July 2007, he announced that the commission will not meet political parties due to the ban on indoor political activities by the caretaker government.[7]

In October 2010, Justices A. H. M. Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Sheikh Md. Zakir Hossain of the High Court Division found Hussain had him guilty on contempt of court charges for declaring the parliamentary seat of Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir vacant.[8] The court exonerated him because Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir asked the court that Hussain not be punished due to his age.

Hussain served as the election commissioner till 5 February 2012.

In 2022, Hussain was appointed a member of the Search Committee, 2022 to find the new election commissioners.[9] [10] The Bangladesh Nationalist Party rejected the committee as being partisian.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TwoCircles.net . 2008-11-21 . With Zia ready, Bangladesh poll may be held Dec 28 . 2022-08-14 . TwoCircles.net . en-US.
  2. Web site: Express . The Financial . Bangladesh forms Election Commission search committee . 2022-08-14 . The Financial Express . en.
  3. Web site: People's Daily Online -- Bangladesh's CEC takes oath with two tasks on agenda . 2022-08-14 . en.people.cn.
  4. Web site: Bangladesh Election Commission . 2022-08-14 . www.ecs.gov.bd.
  5. Web site: President Appoints Brigadier General S. Hossain As Election Commissioner . 2022-08-14 . ভিওএ . bn.
  6. Web site: 2007-03-02 . Recently retired Bangla bureaucrats may be barred from polls Asia News . 2022-08-14 . Zee News . en.
  7. Web site: Bangladesh EC Plans to Have Dialogues With Parties After Reforms Within Parties . 2022-08-14 . ভিওএ . bn.
  8. Web site: Staff Correspondent . 2010-10-11 . High Court 'exonerates' EC Sohul . 2022-08-14 . The Daily Star . en.
  9. Web site: Correspondent . Senior . Bangladesh names Sohul Hussain, Anwara Syed Haq to Election Commission search committee . 2022-08-14 . bdnews24.com . en.
  10. Web site: President forms 6-member EC search committee . 2022-08-14 . businesspostbd.com . en.
  11. Web site: Developer) . Md Ashequl Morsalin Ibne Kamal(Team Leader) Niloy Saha(Sr Web Developer) Shohana Afroz(Web Developer) Jobayer Hossain(Web . ‘Awami private committee’ formed in search committee’s name: BNP . 2022-08-14 . unb.com.bd . English.

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