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| {{Short description|President of Bangladesh since 2013}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Abdul Hamid]] |
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| {{Infobox officeholder
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| | name = Abdul Hamid
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| | native_name = মোহাম্মাদ আবদুল হামিদ
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| | native_name_lang = bn
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| | image = File:President of People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Mr. Md. Abdul Hamid, at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on May 31, 2019.jpg
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| | caption = Hamid at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on May 31, 2019
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| | office = [[President of Bangladesh]]
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| | primeminister = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
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| | predecessor = [[Zillur Rahman]]
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| | successor =
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| | term_start = 14 March 2013<br>{{small|Acting until 24 April 2013}}
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| | term_end =
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| | office1 = [[Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad]]
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| | deputy1 = [[Shawkat Ali (politician)|Shawkat Ali]]
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| | predecessor1 = [[Jamiruddin Sircar]]
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| | successor1 = [[Shawkat Ali (politician)|Shawkat Ali]] {{small|(Acting)}}
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| | term_start1 = 25 January 2009
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| | term_end1 = 24 April 2013
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| | office2 = [[List of speakers of the Jatiya Sangsad|Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad]]
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| | predecessor2 = [[L. K. Siddiqi]]
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| | successor2 = [[Akhtar Hameed Siddiqui]]
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| | term_start2 = 14 July 1996
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| | term_end2 = 10 July 2001
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| | office3 = [[Member of Parliament#Bangladesh|Member of Parliament]]
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| | constituency3 = [[Kishoreganj-4]]
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| | term_start3 = 2008
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| | term_end3 = 2013
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| | predecessor3 = [[Osman Faruk]]
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| | successor3 = [[Rejwan Ahammad Taufiq]]
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| | constituency4 = [[Kishoreganj-5]]
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| | term_start4 = June 1996
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| | term_end4 = 2006
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| | predecessor4 = [[Imdadul Haque]]
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| | successor4 = [[Md. Afzal Hossain]]
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| | constituency5 = [[Kishoreganj-5]]
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| | term_start5 = 1990
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| | term_end5 = 1996
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| | predecessor5 = [[Abdul Latif Bhuiyan]]
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| | successor5 = [[Imdadul Haque]]
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| | constituency6 = [[Kishoreganj-5]]
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| | term_start6 = 1986
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| | term_end6 = 1988
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| | predecessor6 =
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| | successor6 = [[Abdul Latif Bhuiyan]]
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| | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1944|1|1}}
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| | birth_place = [[Mithamain Upazila|Kamalpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]
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| | party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
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| | otherparty = [[Grand Alliance (Bangladesh)|Grand Alliance]] {{small|(2008–present)}}
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| | spouse = {{marriage|[[Rashida Hamid]]|1964}}
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| | children = [[Rejwan Ahammad Taufiq]], Rasel Ahmed Tuhin, Riad Ahmed, Shorna Hamid
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| | alma_mater = [[Gurudayal Government College]]
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| '''Abdul Hamid''' (born 1 January 1944) is a [[Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]] politician who is currently serving as the [[president of Bangladesh]]. He was elected to his first term in April 2013,<ref name=president>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/hamid-elected-president|title=Hamid elected president|date=22 April 2013|access-date=28 October 2018|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref> and re-elected to his current second term in 2018.<ref name="Daily Star 2018">{{cite news|access-date=2018-10-28|title=Hamid elected president for second term|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/abdul-hamid-elected-president-of-bangladesh-second-term-1531225|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=7 February 2018}}</ref> Previously he served as the speaker of the [[Jatiyo Sangshad|National Parliament]] from January 2009 to April 2013. He was the acting president after the death of [[Zillur Rahman]] in March 2013,<ref name=Parliament>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/biography_speaker.pdf |title=Speaker's Biography |publisher=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=22 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706132401/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/biography_speaker.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2011 }}</ref> and he was elected as president on 22 April 2013.<ref name=president/>
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| He is the longest serving president in the [[history of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news|agency=PTI|date=2019-01-03|title=Bangladesh President invites Hasina to form government|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/bangladesh-president-invites-hasina-to-form-government/article25900462.ece|access-date=2020-05-14|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=President Hamid made a unique record|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/president-abdul-hamid-made-unique-record-in-the-history-of-bangladesh-by-swearing-1567549|date=2018-04-25|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
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| ==Early life and education==
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| Hamid was born in Kamalpur village, [[Mithamain Upazila]] under [[Kishoreganj District]] to Md. Tayebuddin and Tomiza Khatun.<ref name=Parliament/> He started his early education in village primary school. After finishing primary education, he went to his relative's house in Bhairabpur, Bhairab and joined Bhairab K.B. Pilot High School for secondary education. Hamid passed [[Intermediate of Arts|I.A.]] and [[B.A.]] from [[Gov't Gurudayal College|Gurudayal Government College]] in Kishoreganj. He obtained [[LL.B.]] degree from Central Law College which is now affiliated with [[Dhaka University]].<ref name=Parliament/><ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.bangladeshembassy.dk/bangladesh/honble-president/ | title=The Honorable President: H. E. Mr. Md. Abdul Hamid | access-date=2020-04-15}}</ref> He then joined Kishoregonj Bar as an advocate. He was President of Kishoregonj District Bar Association for 5 times during the period of 1990–96.<ref name=Parliament/>
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| ==Political career==
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| Hamid joined [[Bangladesh Chhatra League|Chhatra League]] in 1959 whilst a student in Kishoreganj, as the vice-president of Gurudayal Government College. He was also elected the vice-president of Chhatra League of Mymensingh District Unit in 1966–67.<ref name=banga/> At the end of 1969, he joined the [[Awami League]]. In the [[1970 Pakistani general election|1970 Pakistan general election]], Hamid was elected as the Member of Parliament for Mymensingh-18 constituency; he was the youngest person elected. In the general elections of 1973, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2009 he was elected as Member of Parliament for [[Kishoreganj-5]] constituency as a nominee of the Awami League. He was the Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament of Bangladesh when an Awami League government was in office from 1996 to 2001. In 2001, he was appointed as the deputy leader of the opposition party at the National Assembly, replacing Shashi Kumar Gupta. {{citation needed|date=February 2020}} On 25 January 2009, he became the [[Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad|Speaker of the National Parliament]].<ref name=" List of Speakers">{{cite web | url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/2013-01-22-23-24-35/list-of-speakers | title=List of Speakers, Bangladesh Parliament | access-date=15 December 2013}}</ref> For his contribution to the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] in 1971, he was awarded the [[Independence Day Award]] in 2013.
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| ==Presidency==
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| Hamid was appointed acting [[President of Bangladesh]] on 14 March 2013, while President [[Zillur Rahman]] was in hospital in Singapore. Zillur Rahman died six days later.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh president Zillur Rahman dies in Singapore|url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/bangladesh-president-dies-in-singapore-668696.html|work=Firstpost}}</ref> Later Hamid was elected unopposed as president on [[2013 Bangladeshi presidential election|22 April 2013]]. He was sworn into office on 24 April.<ref name=banga>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangabhaban.gov.bd/Homes/president_sub_menu/1/2|title=Life Sketch of Mr. Md. Abdul Hamid|access-date=14 March 2016|publisher=bangabhaban.gov.bd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313041211/http://bangabhaban.gov.bd/homes/president_sub_menu/1/2|archive-date=13 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 7 February 2018, he was re-elected unopposed for a second term.<ref name="Daily Star 2018"/>
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| Hamid suggested that a [[United Nations]]-administered [[humanitarian corridor]] be established in [[Myanmar]] for the [[Rohingya people|Rohingya Muslims]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/09/10/president-hamid-discusses-rohingya-safe-zone-with-turkish-president-erdogan |title=President Hamid discusses 'Rohingya safe zone' with Turkish President Erdogan |work=bdnews24.com |date=2013-09-14 }}</ref>
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| ==Personal life==
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| Hamid has been married to [[Rashida Hamid]] since 1964.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.mzamin.com/article.php?mzamin=139336|script-title=bn:কপাল ভালো বউডা আমার বাইট্টা|work=Manab Zamin |date=2018-10-08 |language=bn |access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref> Together they have three sons and one daughter.<ref name=Parliament/>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:1944 births]]
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| [[Category: Living people]]
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| [[Category: People from Kishoreganj District]]
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| [[Category: Awami League politicians]]
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