Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi

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Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi
ফেরদৌস আহমদ কোরেশী
President of Progressive Democratic Party
In office
7 June 2007 – 31 August 2020
Personal details
Born(1941-01-14)January 14, 1941[citation needed]
Chittagong, East Bengal, British Raj (now Bangladesh)[citation needed]
DiedAugust 31, 2020(2020-08-31) (aged 79)
Dhaka Cantonment
Nationality
  • British-Indian (1941-1948)
  • Pakistani (1948-1971)
  • Bangladeshi (1971-2020)
Political partyProgressive Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations		Bangladesh Nationalist Party (until 2007)
Spouse(s)Nilufar Panna Qureshi

Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi (Bengali: ফেরদৌস আহমদ কোরেশি; 1941-2020) was a Bangladeshi politician and chairman of the Progressive Democratic Party.[1]

Career[]

Qureshi served as president of the student political organization East Pakistan Chhatra League from 1967 to 1968.[2]

During the Bangladesh Liberation War he edited the Daily Deshbangla newspaper.[3] After the war, he led a faction of the Jatiya Janata Party. The party merged with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in May 1980, and Qureshi became joint secretary general of the BNP.[1][4]

In 2004 he formed the Green Party of Bangladesh.[5] During the rule of the caretaker government from 2007 to 2009 he called for the formation of alternate parties to be created in Bangladesh.[6]

He formed the Progressive Democratic Party in July 2007.[7] He joined the Jatiya Jukta Front, an alliance of political parties to compete in the parliamentary elections in 2008.[8] The alliance broke up in the same year.[9] He was the chairman of the PDP until his death.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "PDP chairman Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi no more". Prothom Alo. 31 August 2020.
  2. ^ Amin-al-Zaman (2004). Party Factionalism in Bangladesh: A Case Study of the Awami League (1971-97) (PDF) (PhD). Aligarh Muslim University. p. 227.
  3. ^ "Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi passes away". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 31 August 2020.
  4. ^ Haque, Azizul (February 1981). "Bangladesh in 1980: Strains and Stresses -- Opposition in the Doldrums". Asian Survey. 21 (2): 195. JSTOR 2643764.
  5. ^ "Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi Forms Green Party in Bangladesh". VOA (in Bengali). 2004-07-31. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  6. ^ "Interview With BNP Leader Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi". VOA (in Bengali). Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  7. ^ Lansford, Tom (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. CQ Press. p. 116. ISBN 9781483386263.
  8. ^ "PDP joins Jukta Front". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  9. ^ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780810874534.
  10. ^ "Ex-DUCSU VP Ferdous Qureshi passes away". The Daily Observer. 31 August 2020.


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