Md. Ziaul Haque Mridha Explained

Ziaul Hoque Mridha
Office:	Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)
Term Start:	2008
Term End:	2018
Predecessor:	Fazlul Haque Amini
Successor:	Ukil Abdul Sattar Bhuiyan
Constituency:	Brahmanbaria-2

Md. Ziaul Haque Mridha (Bengali: মোঃ জিয়াউল হক মৃধা) is a Jatiya Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Brahmanbaria-2.^[1]

Early life

Mridha was born on 1 January 1952. He has a B.A. and a law degree.^[2]

Career

Mridha was elected to parliament in 2008 for the Brahmanbaria-2 constituency as a Jatiya Party candidate.^[3] In the 2014 Bangladeshi general election, Sheuly Azad, the Awami League nominee for Brahmanbaria-2, withdrew on instructions from party leader Sheikh Hasina, so as to support the party's coalition partner, the Jatiya Party.^[4] Mrida was re-elected on 5 January 2014. He did not receive the nomination for the 2018 election and contested it as an independent candidate.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Cultural diplomacy can strengthen India-Bangladesh relation, says MP Ziaul Haque . 29 December 2018 . bdnews24.com . en.
2. Web site: Advocate Md. Ziaul Haque Mridha -এডঃ মোঃ জিয়াউল হক মৃধা . Amarmp . 29 December 2018 . en.
3. Web site: Advocate Md. Ziaul Haque Mridha - History . Amarmp . 29 December 2018 . en.
4. News: Mia . Sujan . Mito . Ashiqur Rahman . 12 February 2019. From homemaker to lawmaker . The Asian Age . Bangladesh.
5. News: Independent candidate fined for using PM's image . 29 December 2018 . The New Nation.