Wazi Uddin Khan | |
Constituency Mp1: | Pabna-3 |
Term Start1: | 1986 |
Term End1: | 1988 |
Predecessor1: | Jamshed Ali |
Successor1: | A. K. M. Shamsuddin |
Term Start2: | 1996 |
Term End2: | 2001 |
Predecessor2: | Saiful Azam |
Successor2: | K. M. Anowarul Islam |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Birth Date: | 20 February 1936 |
Birth Place: | Vajpara, Pabna, British India |
Death Place: | Atua Housepara, Pabna, Bangladesh |
Wazi Uddin Khan (Bengali: ওয়াজি উদ্দিন খান; 20 February 1936 – 31 January 2020) was a Bangladeshi freedom fighter and politician from Pabna belonging to Bangladesh Awami League. He was elected twice as a member of the Jatiya Sangsad.
Khan was born on 20 February 1936 at Vajpara in Pabna.[1] [2] He took part in the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.[3]
Khan was elected as the general secretary of Pabna District Motor Workers' Union in 1972.[4] He was elected as the president of the Bangladesh Road Transport Workers' Federation in 1980 and served in that post till his death.[1]
Khan served as the president of Pabna District unit of Bangladesh Awami League for 25 years.[2] He was elected as a member of the Jatiya Sangsad from Pabna-3 in 1986.[5] He was also elected from that constituency in the Seventh Jatiya Sangsad Election.[6]
Khan died on 31 January 2020 at his own residence at Atua Housepara in Pabna at the age of 83.[1] [7]