GM Quader
GM Quader | |
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জি এম কাদের | |
Member of Parliament for Lalmonirhat-3 | |
Assumed office 7 January 2019 | |
Preceded by | Abu Saleh Mohammad Sayeed |
In office 6 January 2009 – 9 January 2014 | |
Preceded by | Asadul Habib Dulu |
Succeeded by | Abu Saleh Mohammad Sayeed |
In office 23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001 | |
Preceded by | Md. Riaz Uddin Ahmed |
Succeeded by | Asadul Habib Dulu |
2nd Chairman of Jatiya Party | |
Assumed office 14 July 2019 | |
Preceded by | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
Minister of Commerce | |
In office 6 December 2011 – 5 January 2014 | |
Preceded by | Faruk Khan |
Succeeded by | Tofail Ahmed |
Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism | |
In office 6 January 2009 – 5 December 2011 | |
Preceded by | Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir |
Succeeded by | Faruk Khan |
Personal details | |
Born | Ghulam Muhammed Quader 24 February 1948 |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Jatiya Party |
Spouse(s) | Sharifa Quader |
Relatives |
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Alma mater | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology |
Website | gmquader |
Ghulam Muhammed Quader (Bengali: গোলাম মোহাম্মদ কাদের; b. 24 February 1948), better known as GM Quader, is a Bangladeshi politician and the current chairperson of Jatiya Party.[1] He is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from the Lalmonirhat-3 constituency.[2] He served as the Minister of Commerce and Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism from 2009 to 2014.
Early life and family[]
Quader was born on 24 February 1948 to a Bengali Muslim family with roots in Dinhata. His parents were Mokbul Hossain and Majida Khatun.[3] Mokbul was a lawyer and served as a minister of the erstwhile Maharaja of Cooch Behar.[3] Quader had eight siblings including the former President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad,[4] banker Mozammel Hossain Lalu and Merina Rahman.[3][5][6] He is married to Sharifa Quader.[7]
Education[]
Quader completed his SSC and HSC from Rangpur Zilla School and Rangpur Carmichael College. He obtained his BSc in mechanical engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 1969.
Career[]
Quader is a presidium member of the Jatiya Party (JP). Additionally, he held important posts in important ministries and organizations including the Ministry of Establishment, Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, Jamuna Oil Company and Bangladesh Tobacco Company (now British American Tobacco Bangladesh). He worked in the Ministry of Agriculture in Iraq as a mechanical engineer from 1976 to 1977.[8]
Quader was elected to parliament with a Jatiya Party ticket in the seventh parliamentary election and served as member of parliamentary standing committee on defence ministry. He was also elected as lawmaker in eighth parliamentary election and served as a member of standing committee on agriculture ministry.
From 2016, he joined his elder brother, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who was the founder and chairman of the Jatiya Party. Ershad had declared to make Quader the co-chairman of the party although Ershad's wife Rowshan Ershad and her MPs were against the decision.
References[]
- ^ "Constituency 18_11th_En". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- ^ "List of 11th Parliament Members English". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- ^ a b c গোলাম মোহাম্মদ কাদের (জি এম কাদের)- এর জীবন বৃত্তান্ত. gmquader.com. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
- ^ "Ghulam Muhammed Quader MP given charge to run JP". The Daily Star. 15 May 2010.
- ^ "Jatiya Party presidium member Bablu marries Ershad's niece". bdnews24.com. 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ^ "Ershad wants tomb on his grave". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- ^ "GM Quader's wife Sharifa set to become Jatiya Party MP from a reserved seat". bdnews24.com. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- ^ "Official Website of Ghulam Muhammed Quader". gmquader.com. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- Living people
- 1948 births
- Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology alumni
- Chairmen of Jatiya Party (Ershad)
- Civil Aviation and Tourism ministers of Bangladesh
- Commerce ministers of Bangladesh
- 11th Jatiya Sangsad members
- 7th Jatiya Sangsad members
- 9th Jatiya Sangsad members
- Bangladeshi people of Indian descent
- People from Cooch Behar district
- 20th-century Bengalis
- 21st-century Bengalis