Sardar Amjad Hossain Explained

Sardar Amjad Hossain
Office:	Member of Bangladesh Parliament
Birth Date:	1 January 1940
Birth Place:	Hamirkutsa village, Bagmara thana, Rajshahi District, British India
Death Place:	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Party:	Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Sardar Amjad Hossain (1940–2015) was a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and member of parliament for Rajshahi-3.^[1]

Early life

Hossain was born on 1 January 1940 in Hamirkutsa village, Bagmara Upazila, Rajshahi District.^[2]

Career

Hossain was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1970 on an Awami League nomination. In 1975, he served as the organising secretary of BAKSAL. He joined the Jatiya Party in 1986.^[2] He was elected to parliament from Rajshahi-3 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988.^{[3] [4]} He served as the minister of land, the minister of food, minister of agriculture, and the minister of fisheries and livestock in the cabinet of Hussain Mohammad Ershad. He campaigned for Ershad's release after he was removed from power and imprisoned.^[2] He returned to the Bangladesh Awami League in 2005.^[5]

Death

Hossain died on 19 December 2015 in Apollo Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: Ex-minister Sardar Amjad remembered . 15 November 2019 . The Daily Star . 28 December 2015 . en.
2. News: Ex-minister Sardar Amjad passes away . 15 November 2019 . The Daily Star . 19 December 2014 . en.
3. Web site: List of 3rd Parliament Members . . Bangladesh Parliament . bn . 13 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080059/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf . 18 September 2018.
4. Web site: List of 4th Parliament Members . . Bangladesh Parliament . bn . 13 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190708101931/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/4th.pdf . 8 July 2019.
5. News: JP leader Sardar Amjad returns to AL June 1 . 15 November 2019 . bdnews24.com.
6. News: Ex-minister Sardar Amjad passes away . 15 November 2019 . Daily Sun . en . 30 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191230182208/https://www.daily-sun.com/post/19870/2014/12/19/Exminister-Sardar-Amjad-passes-away . dead .