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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name           = Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder
| name               = Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder
| constituency_MP = [[Sylhet-5]]
| constituency_MP     = [[Sylhet-5]]
| parliament     = Bangladesh
| parliament         = [[Bangladesh]]
| term_start     = 14 July 1996
| term_start         = 14 July 1996
| term_end       = 13 July 2001
| term_end           = 13 July 2001
| predecessor     = [[Abdul Kahir Chowdhury]]
| predecessor         = [[Abdul Kahir Chowdhury]]
| successor       = [[Farid Uddin Chowdhury]]
| successor           = [[Farid Uddin Chowdhury]]
| term_start1     = 25 January 2009
| term_start1         = 25 January 2009
| term_end1       = 24 January 2014
| term_end1           = 24 January 2014
| predecessor1   = [[Farid Uddin Chowdhury]]
| predecessor1       = [[Farid Uddin Chowdhury]]
| successor1     = [[Salim Uddin]]
| successor1         = [[Salim Uddin]]
| term_start2     = 30 January 2019
| term_start2         = 30 January 2019
| term_end2       =
| term_end2           =  
| predecessor2   = [[Salim Uddin]]
| predecessor2       = [[Salim Uddin]]
| successor2     =
| successor2         =  
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1935|03|29}}
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1935|03|29}}
| birth_place     =
| birth_place         = Mazumder bari, [[Zakiganj Upazila]]
| death_date     = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1935|03|29}} -->
| death_date         = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1935|03|29}} -->
| death_place     =
| death_place         =  
| party           = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| party               = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| relatives       = [[Mahmudur Rahman Majumdar]] (uncle)
| relatives           = Mahmudur Rahman Mazumder (uncle)<br />Emdadur Rahman Mazumder (dad)<br />Rana Laila Hafiz Mazumder (daughter)<br />Runa Fowzia Hafiz Mazumder (daughter)
| awards         = Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal (2011)
| awards             = Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal (2011)
| education       = [[Jessore Zilla School]]<br />[[Murari Chand College]]<br />[[Brojomohun College]]
| education           = [[Jessore Zilla School]]<br />[[Murari Chand College]]<br />[[Brojomohun College]]
| image              = https://amarmp.com/propic/profile/17461_1552139676.png
| nationality        = Bangladeshi
}}
}}


'''Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder''' (born 29 March 1935)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3793 |title=Constituency 233_11th_En |website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh]] Awami League politician, businessman, and former member of parliament.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pubali Bank Limited |url=https://www.pubalibangla.com/chairman.html |website=pubalibangla.com |accessdate=18 February 2018}}</ref>
'''Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder''' (born 29 March 1935)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3793 |title=Constituency 233_11th_En |website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh]] [[Awami League]] politician, former chairman of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and Pubali Bank Limited, businessman, and a member of parliament.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pubali Bank Limited |url=https://www.pubalibangla.com/chairman.html |website=pubalibangla.com |accessdate=18 February 2022}}</ref>


He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of [[Pubali Bank|Pubali Bank Limited]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/47218/hafiz-ahmed-mazumder-chairman-of-the-board-of-directors-of-pubali-bank-limited-inaugurating-the-banks-branch-in-sylhet-recently-other-members-of-the-board-of-directors-were-present-and-md-abdul-halim-chowdhury-managing-director-of-the-bank-presided.html |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The New Nation |language=en}}</ref> He also served as the chairman of [[Bangladesh Red Crescent Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=প্রতিবেদক|first=নিজস্ব|title=বাংলাদেশ রেড ক্রিসেন্ট সোসাইটির নতুন চেয়ারম্যান আবদুল ওয়াহ্হাব|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/বাংলাদেশ-রেড-ক্রিসেন্ট-সোসাইটির-নতুন-চেয়ারম্যান-আবদুল-ওয়াহ্হাব|access-date=2021-11-24|website=Prothomalo|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bilateral meeting held between Bangladesh and Iranian Red Crescent Society |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/health-wellness/2017/10/12/meeting-bangladesh-iranian-red/ |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>
He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of [[Pubali Bank|Pubali Bank Limited]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/47218/hafiz-ahmed-mazumder-chairman-of-the-board-of-directors-of-pubali-bank-limited-inaugurating-the-banks-branch-in-sylhet-recently-other-members-of-the-board-of-directors-were-present-and-md-abdul-halim-chowdhury-managing-director-of-the-bank-presided.html |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The New Nation |language=en}}</ref> He also served as the chairman of [[Bangladesh Red Crescent Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=প্রতিবেদক|first=নিজস্ব|title=বাংলাদেশ রেড ক্রিসেন্ট সোসাইটির নতুন চেয়ারম্যান আবদুল ওয়াহ্হাব|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/বাংলাদেশ-রেড-ক্রিসেন্ট-সোসাইটির-নতুন-চেয়ারম্যান-আবদুল-ওয়াহ্হাব|access-date=2021-11-24|website=Prothomalo|language=bn}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bilateral meeting held between Bangladesh and Iranian Red Crescent Society |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/health-wellness/2017/10/12/meeting-bangladesh-iranian-red/ |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
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==Career==
==Career==
In 1985, he established the Hafiz Majumdar Education Trust to help develop education in Sylhet district. He is the founder and chairman of academic council of [[Scholarshome]] and also founded the Hafsa Majumdar Women's College, the Sajjad Majumdar Bidyaniketan and the Hafiz Majumdar Bidyaniketan. His services to society has won him numerous awards such as the Khwaja Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal, from the Ahsania Mission in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://maasranga.tv/?p=6693 |script-title=bn:হাফিজ মজুমদার |date=30 December 2018 |website=[[Maasranga Television]] |language=bn}}</ref>
In 1985, he established the Hafiz Majumdar Education Trust to help develop education in Sylhet district. He is the founder and chairman of academic council of [[Scholarshome]] and also founded the Hafsa Majumdar Women's College, the Sajjad Majumdar Bidyaniketan and the Hafiz Majumdar Bidyaniketan. His services to society has won him numerous awards such as the Khwaja Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal, from the Ahsania Mission in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://maasranga.tv/?p=6693 |script-title=bn:হাফিজ মজুমদার |date=30 December 2018 |website=[[Maasranga Television]] |language=bn }}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


Mazumder was elected to Parliament in the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 Bangladesh General Election]] as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League from [[Sylhet-5]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Contact an MP |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn}}</ref> He beat Moulana [[Farid Uddin Chowdhury]], former member of parliament from [[Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh]], by 31 thousand votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=6 reasons behind 4-party's poll debacle in Sylhet divn |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-69392 |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=31 December 2008 |language=en}}</ref> He was appointed the chairman of [[Bangladesh Red Crescent Society]] on 9 April 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh Red Crescent Society gets new chairman |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/business/bangladesh-red-crescent-society-gets-new-chairman-76363 |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=9 April 2015 |language=en}}</ref> He did not receive nomination for the 2014 Bangladesh General Election from Bangladesh Awami League. Instead the nomination went to Mashuk Uddin Ahmed.<ref>{{cite news |title=AL nominates five new faces in Sylhet |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/al-nominates-five-new-faces-in-sylhet |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=1 December 2013 |language=en}}</ref> he founded Hafiz Mazumder Education Trust to improve education in Sylhet.<ref name="pbl">{{cite news |title=Pubali Bank chairman re-elected |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-138046 |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=12 May 2010 |language=en}}</ref>
Mazumder was elected to Parliament in the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 Bangladesh General Election]] as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League from [[Sylhet-5]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Contact an MP |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn}}</ref> He beat Moulana [[Farid Uddin Chowdhury]], former member of parliament from [[Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh]], by 31 thousand votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=6 reasons behind 4-party's poll debacle in Sylhet divn |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-69392 |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=31 December 2008 |language=en}}</ref> He was appointed the chairman of [[Bangladesh Red Crescent Society]] on 9 April 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh Red Crescent Society gets new chairman |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/business/bangladesh-red-crescent-society-gets-new-chairman-76363 |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=9 April 2015 |language=en}}</ref> He did not receive nomination for the 2014 Bangladesh General Election from Bangladesh Awami League. Instead the nomination went to Mashuk Uddin Ahmed.<ref>{{cite news |title=AL nominates five new faces in Sylhet |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/al-nominates-five-new-faces-in-sylhet |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=1 December 2013 |language=en}}</ref> he founded Hafiz Mazumder Education Trust to improve education in Sylhet.<ref name="pbl">{{cite news |title=Pubali Bank chairman re-elected |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-138046 |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=12 May 2010 |language=en}}</ref>

Revision as of 13:28, 4 August 2022


Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder
Member of the [[Bangladesh Parliament]]
for Sylhet-5
In office
14 July 1996 – 13 July 2001
Preceded byAbdul Kahir Chowdhury
Succeeded byFarid Uddin Chowdhury
In office
25 January 2009 – 24 January 2014
Preceded byFarid Uddin Chowdhury
Succeeded bySalim Uddin
Assumed office
30 January 2019
Preceded bySalim Uddin
Personal details
Born (1935-03-29) March 29, 1935 (age 91)
Mazumder bari, Zakiganj Upazila
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
RelativesMahmudur Rahman Mazumder (uncle)
Emdadur Rahman Mazumder (dad)
Rana Laila Hafiz Mazumder (daughter)
Runa Fowzia Hafiz Mazumder (daughter)
EducationJessore Zilla School
Murari Chand College
Brojomohun College
AwardsKhan Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal (2011)

Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder (born 29 March 1935)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician, former chairman of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and Pubali Bank Limited, businessman, and a member of parliament.[2]

He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Limited.[3] He also served as the chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society.[4][5]

Early life and education

Mahmudur Rahman Majumdar was born in Zakiganj, Karimganj, Assam Province (now Sylhet District, Bangladesh). He went to the Chandinagar Primary School in Cachar, India and then the Jessore Zilla School which he completed in 1951. He graduated from the Murari Chand College in 1953, and then moved on to study at the Brojomohun College in Barisal.[citation needed]

Career

In 1985, he established the Hafiz Majumdar Education Trust to help develop education in Sylhet district. He is the founder and chairman of academic council of Scholarshome and also founded the Hafsa Majumdar Women's College, the Sajjad Majumdar Bidyaniketan and the Hafiz Majumdar Bidyaniketan. His services to society has won him numerous awards such as the Khwaja Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal, from the Ahsania Mission in 2011.[6]

Mazumder was elected to Parliament in the 2008 Bangladesh General Election as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League from Sylhet-5.[7] He beat Moulana Farid Uddin Chowdhury, former member of parliament from Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, by 31 thousand votes.[8] He was appointed the chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society on 9 April 2015.[9] He did not receive nomination for the 2014 Bangladesh General Election from Bangladesh Awami League. Instead the nomination went to Mashuk Uddin Ahmed.[10] he founded Hafiz Mazumder Education Trust to improve education in Sylhet.[11]

On 12 May 2010 he was re-elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank.[11] On 27 April 2012 he was re-elected again as chairman of the bank.[12] On 25 February 2014 Mazumder was removed from the post of chairman of Pubali Bank by an order of Bangladesh High Court along with 7 directors of the bank. The High Court gave the order in response to a petition filed by Shafee Ahmed Chowdhury, a shareholder of the bank.[13] He was re-elected Chairman of the board on 5 April 2015.[14] He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank till 8 May 2016 when he retired. He was replaced by Habibur Rahman. Mazumder was appointed as an adviser to Pubali bank. His daughter, Runa Laila Hafiz, was made a director of the Pubali Bank.[15][16]

References

  1. "Constituency 233_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament.
  2. "Pubali Bank Limited". pubalibangla.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  3. "Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder". The New Nation. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  4. প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব. "বাংলাদেশ রেড ক্রিসেন্ট সোসাইটির নতুন চেয়ারম্যান আবদুল ওয়াহ্হাব". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-11-24.[permanent dead link]
  5. "Bilateral meeting held between Bangladesh and Iranian Red Crescent Society". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  6. হাফিজ মজুমদার. Maasranga Television (in Bengali). 30 December 2018.[permanent dead link]
  7. "Contact an MP". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  8. "6 reasons behind 4-party's poll debacle in Sylhet divn". The Daily Star. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  9. "Bangladesh Red Crescent Society gets new chairman". The Daily Star. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  10. "AL nominates five new faces in Sylhet". The Daily Star. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  11. 11.0 11.1 "Pubali Bank chairman re-elected". The Daily Star. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  12. "Pubali Bank re-elects top brass". The Daily Star. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  13. "Pubali Bank loses Chairman, directors". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  14. "Pubali Bank re-elects top officials". The Daily Star. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  15. "Pubali Bank gets new Chairman". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  16. "Pubali Bank elects new chairman". The Daily Star. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2018.