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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Wadud Bhuiyan
| native_name = ওয়াদুদ ভূইয়া
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Wadud-Bhuiyan.jpg
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| constituency_MP = Khagrachari
| term_start = 25 February 1996
| term_end = 30 March 1996
| predecessor = [[Kalparanjan Chakma]]
| term_start1 = 10 October 2001
| term_end1 = 29 October 2006
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1965|1|5}}
| birth_place = [[Khagrachari District|Khagrachari]], Bangladesh
| website = {{url|wadudbhuiyan.com}}
}}
'''Wadud Bhuiyan''' (born 5 January 1965) is a Bangladeshi politician. He was the first Bengali politician to have been elected to the parliament from a [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]] constituency of [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Amena Mohsin |title=The Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: On the Difficult Road to Peace |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-v3hipIl_kC&pg=PA119 |publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers |year=2003 |page=119 |isbn=978-1-58826-138-0}}</ref> Bhuiyan was elected twice as the member of the [[Jatiyo Sangshad]] (Bangladesh Parliament) from [[Khagrachari District|Khagrachari]] constituency respectively in the [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|6th]] and [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|8th National Parliamentary Elections]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Members of Parliament : Profile|url=http://www.lcgbangladesh.org/parliament/mpdetail.php?m=298}}</ref> In addition, he served as Chairman of the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board]] from 2002 to 2006. He currently holds the posts of assistant employment secretary of Central Executive Committee of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/57569/cases-arrests-worrying-opposition-candidates|title=Cases, arrests worrying opposition candidates |work=New Age |language=en|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> and president of the opposition party's Khagrachari local unit as well.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/59939/oppositions-struggle-to-survive-attacks-police-raids|title=Oppositions struggle to survive attacks, police raids |work=New Age |language=en|access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Bhuiyan was born on 5 January 1965 at [[Ramgarh Upazila]], [[Khagrachari District]]. He obtained his M.S.S degree on Sociology from [[Chittagong University]] in 1986.

== Political career ==
=== Student politics ===

Bhuiyan was active in student politics at Chittagong University. He was the convener, which was equivalent to the post of president, of the Chittagong University unit of [[Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal]], the student wing of BNP, from 1987 to 1989. Concurrently, he served as the president of the [[Ramgarh Upazila|Ramgarh]] unit of the student organization from 1980 to 1990.

=== Public office ===

In 1989, he was elected as the counselor of the Khagrachari Hill District Council with a majority of few thousands votes. He later resigned, along with another counselor, from the post, protesting the then-chairman Samiran Dewan's alleged corruption.<ref>{{cite web|title=1st Elected Members: Khagrachari Hill Districts Council|url=http://khdcbd.org/home/formercounselors/}}</ref> In the 6th parliamentary election, in 1996, he was nominated and elected as the candidate of the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP) from [[Khagrachari District|Khagrachari]] constituency.

In the 9th parliamentary election, in 2001, he was again nominated as the candidate of the BNP and elected by a significant margin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amardesh.com/EADetailsYear.php?sol=291&Year=2001|title=Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results - Amar Desh Online|website=amardesh.com|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref>

He had also participated in the 5th (1991) and 7th (1996) parliamentary elections as the sole candidate of BNP, only to have been defeated by comparatively close margins.<ref>{{cite web|title=Compare 1991, 1996, 2001 results - Amardesh|url=http://www.amardesh.com/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=298}}</ref>

In 2001, he was appointed as a member of the parliamentary standing committee on Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, with BNP chairperson and Prime Minister [[Khaleda Zia]] heading the committee.<ref>{{cite web|title=Standing Committee on Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts|url=http://www.lcgbangladesh.org/parliament/committees.php#Standing%20Committee%20on%20Ministry%20of%20Chittagong%20Hill%20Tracts}}</ref>

In 2002, he was appointed as the chairman of the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board]], a government agency established in 1978 by [[Ziaur Rahman]], the founder of the BNP and then-[[President of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Amena Mohsin |title=The Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: On the Difficult Road to Peace |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-v3hipIl_kC&pg=PA76 |publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers |year=2003 |page=76 |isbn=978-1-58826-138-0}}</ref>

In the 10th parliamentary election, he couldn't participate due to his imprisonment during military influenced then-[[caretaker government]]'s period for misappropriating public funds.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jamil|first1=Dr Ishtiaq|last2=Panday|first2=Pranab Kumar|date=2008-11-01|title=The Elusive Peace Accord in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and the Plight of the Indigenous People|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/14662040802461141|journal=Commonwealth & Comparative Politics|volume=46|issue=4|pages=464–489|doi=10.1080/14662040802461141|s2cid=154006067|issn=1466-2043}}</ref> In the last parliamentary election held in 2018, his candidacy was revoked by the High Court as well.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/bnp-abdul-wadud-bhuiyan-turned-down-candidacy-appeal-1671697|title=BNP's Wadud turned down in candidacy appeal|date=2018-12-10|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref>

=== Political activism ===
He is known as the leader of the people with Bengali lineage living in the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]]. He was also known for his vocal position to the militant activities of [[Shanti Bahini]], the rebellious military wing of the [[Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti]] (PCJSS) that operated until the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord]] was signed between the Bangladesh government and the PCJSS in 1997.

Bhuiyan was the architect<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dhakamirror.com/other-headlines/curfew-clamped-on-khagrachari-town/|title=Curfew clamped on Khagrachari town |work=Dhaka Mirror|access-date=2020-04-12}}</ref> behind the foundation of Parbatya Chattagram Sama-Odhikar Andolon (Chittagong Hill Tracts Equal-Rights Movement), an organization which demanded an equal share for Bengali in any dispensation intended for ethnic people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iwgia.org/images/publications/0577_Igia_report_14_optimized.pdf|title=Militarization in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh|website=IWGIA}}</ref>

==Arrests==
He was also arrested during the [[caretaker government]]'s period in 2007. A special court in Chittagong sentenced him to 20 years in jail.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-BNP MP Wadud Bhuiyan jailed for 20 years|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2007/07/22/ex-bnp-mp-wadud-bhuiyan-jailed-for-20-years|newspaper=bdnews24.com}}</ref> However, this conviction order, along with seven orders, was later stayed by the High Court,<ref>{{cite news|title=Conviction order of seven stayed by HC|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=55332|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> and he was granted bail.<ref>{{cite news|title=HC grants bail to ex-BNP MP Wadud Bhuiyan for six months|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=86155|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref>

==References==
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>SalamAlayka at 18:48, 1 June 2021