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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = M. A. Hashem
| native_name = এম এ হাসেম
| native_name_lang = bn
| constituency_MP = [[Noakhali-2]]
| term_start = 1 October 2001
| term_end = 28 October 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-8th-parliament-members-bangla|title=List of 8th Parliament Members|publisher=Bangladesh Parliament|accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref>
| predecessor = [[Barkat Ullah Bulu]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-7th-parliament-members-bangla|title=List of 7th Parliament Members|publisher=Bangladesh Parliament|accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref>
| successor = [[Zainul Abdin Farroque]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|08|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Noakhali]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|24|1943|08|30|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| spouse = Sultana Hashem
| occupation = Businessman, Politician
| death_cause = [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]]
}}

'''M. A. Hashem''' (30 August 1943 – 24 December 2020) was a Bangladeshi businessman and the founding chairman of [[Partex Group]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Partex Group chairman fails to turn up at ACC|url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/52937/Partex-Group-chairman-fails-to-turn-up-at-ACC|work=Prothom Alo|accessdate=22 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918231454/http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/52937/Partex-Group-chairman-fails-to-turn-up-at-ACC|archive-date=18 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=High lending rates hold businesses captive|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/high-lending-rates-hold-businesses-captive|website=The Daily Star |accessdate=22 September 2016|date=9 October 2013}}</ref> He served as member of Parliament from the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Moudud, Mosharraf to face trial|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/05/21/moudud-mosharraf-to-face-trial|website=bdnews24.com|accessdate=22 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jalil, Babar, Sheikh Selim, Altaf, Mintoo, others held in massive drive|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/05/29/d7052901011.htm|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=22 September 2016|date=2007-05-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jalil, Babar remanded; Altaf, Patal sent to jail|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/05/30/d7053001011.htm|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=22 September 2016|date=2007-05-30}}</ref>

== Early life ==
MA Hashem was born in 30 August 1943 in [[Sonaimuri Upazila|Sonaimuri]] of [[Noakhali District|Noakhali]].<ref name=death>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-24|title=পারটেক্স গ্রুপের চেয়ারম্যান এম এ হাসেম মারা গেছেন|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7-%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%8F-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-194309|access-date=2020-12-24|website=The Daily Star Bangla|language=bn}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 1959, MA Hashem began his career by trading tobacco. He went on to establish [[Partex Group]], one of the largest companies in Bangladesh consisting of over 70 factories and employs over 50,000 people. Partex's companies are market leaders in nearly all sectors of industry in Bangladesh.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last1=Mar 14|first1=Moinak Mitra / ET Bureau / Updated|last2=2014|last3=Ist|first3=19:03|title=Soth Asian Business Tycoons: How tycoons from Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka built thriving business empires - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/how-tycoons-from-nepal-bangladesh-pakistan-and-sri-lanka-built-thriving-business-empires/articleshow/32020991.cms|access-date=2021-06-16|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> He expanded his business into food & beverages, steel, real estate, furniture, plastics, paper, power & energy, jute, agribusiness, shipyards, shipping, cotton, textile, construction, IT, cables, aviation, PVC, ceramics, telecommunication, logistics, fisheries, etc.<ref name=":3" />

MA Hashem was elected to Parliament in 2001 from [[Noakhali-2]] as a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] candidate. He was arrested by the Caretaker Government in 2007 during the [[2006–08 Bangladeshi political crisis|2006-2008 Bangladesh political crises]] along with most of the wealthiest people in the country at the time. He left Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2008 after the military-baked caretaker government regime in Bangladesh had ended and steadfastly denied his involvement in a business syndicate that manipulated commodity prices.<ref name=":3" /> He also said former prime minister [[Khaleda Zia]] had pressured him to join the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Correspondent|first1=Senior|last2=bdnews24.com|title=Politics is not the only way to serve the country, says former MP Hashem|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2016/12/27/politics-is-not-the-only-way-to-serve-the-country-says-former-mp-hashem|access-date=2020-07-07|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref>

In January 1992, [[United Commercial Bank Ltd|United Commercial Bank]] provided a 200 million taka loan to Russel Vegetable Oils Limited, an edible oil refinery. At that time, his wife, Sultana Hashem, two brothers were directors of United Commercial Bank. Another loan was approved in November 1992 by the bank for the refinery for 4.5 million taka. The loan was rescheduled 4 times till 2000. The Bank then sued the company to get its money back. In 2008, when MA Hashem and his son, Showkat Aziz Russell, were Directors of United Commercial Bank; the bank agreed to settle the case for a payment of 50 million taka. MA Hashem is a founding member of United Commercial Bank and has served as the chairman for five years. He is also a founding member of [[The City Bank]] and has served as the chairperson for five years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2017-09-09|title=Bank bends rules for its directors|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/bank-bends-rules-its-directors-1459519|access-date=2020-07-07|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

On 8 April 2011, A Dhaka court framed charges against MA Hashem and 8 members of his family and employees on a tax evasion case. The case was filed by National Board of Revenue, which accused them of dodging 5.97 billion taka in taxes from 2006 to 2008. Hashem and the other accused pleaded not guilty and demanded justice before the court. The two year period that Hashem was accused of evading tax (2006-2008) is also the same two year period of the [[2006–08 Bangladeshi political crisis|2006-2008 Bangladesh political crises]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2011-04-08|title=Hashem family indicted for tax evasion|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-180955|access-date=2020-07-07|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

In 2020, the International Finance Corporation or IFC of the World Bank Group published a report on the private sector in Bangladesh featuring 23 of Bangladesh's top companies based on revenue, MA Hashem's conglomerate [[Partex Group]] was on that list.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2020-12-24|title=MA Hashem: A legacy spanned from supplier to multi-industrialist|url=http://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/obituary/ma-hashem-legacy-spanned-supplier-multi-industrialist-176173|access-date=2021-06-16|website=The Business Standard|language=en}}</ref>

MA Hashem joined the Board of Trustees of [[IBAIS University]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-04-02|title=MA Hashem joins IBAIS University Trustee Board|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/ma-hashem-joins-ibais-university-trustee-board|access-date=2020-07-07|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> He is a founding member of [[North South University]] and also sits on the trustee board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Governance contest inaugurated at NSU|url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/100576/governance-contest-inaugurated-at-nsu|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-07-07|website=New Age|language=en}}</ref> In 2019, he became the chairperson of the board of the university.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-26|title=8th International HR Conference held at NSU|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/next-step/news/8th-international-hr-conference-held-nsu-1734751|access-date=2020-07-07|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

Having come from modest backgrounds himself, MA Hashem has set up numerous charitable organisations and is widely acknowledged for his philanthropic work.<ref name=":4" /> He has schools, hospitals, and other non-profit organisations in [[Noakhali District|Noakhali]].<ref name=":4" />

MA Hashem has received immense recognition and several accolades from notable organisations for his service as a positive catalyst to the Bangladesh economy and a mass employer.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ahmed|first=Sharif|date=2018-09-17|title=MA Hashem Biography, Born, Age, Facts, News|url=https://legendsofbangladesh.com/ma-hashem/|access-date=2021-06-16|website=Legends of Bangladesh|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Hashem was married to Sultana Hashem.<ref>{{cite web|title=Partex Group splits|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-145603|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=22 September 2016|date=5 July 2010}}</ref> They had five sons — Aziz Al Kaiser, Aziz Al Mahmood, Aziz Al Masud, Rubel Aziz and Showkat Aziz Russell.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|author=Staff Correspondent|last2=bdnews24.com|title=Partex chairman's son, former RAJUK chairman land in jail on graft charges|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/02/09/partex-chairman-s-son-and-former-rajuk-chairman-land-in-jail-on-graft-charges|access-date=2020-07-07|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref><ref name=":2" />

===Death===
Hashem died from [[COVID-19]] on 24 December 2020, at the Evercare Hospital in [[Dhaka]]. He was 77 years old.<ref name=death/>

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[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi businesspeople]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi chairpersons of corporations]]
[[Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians]]
[[Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:People from Sonaimuri Upazila]]

M. A. Hashem - Revision history

Pandit debotosh dey: fixed information for clarity and cleaned formatting

>Jazzhands90 at 07:02, 26 December 2021