Sardar Amjad Hossain

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Sardar Amjad Hossain
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
Personal details
Political partyJatiya Party (Ershad)

Sardar Amjad Hossain was a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and the former Member of Parliament of Rajshahi-3.[1]

Early life[]

Hossain was born on 1 January 1940 in Hamirkutsa village, Bagmara Upazila, Rajshahi District.[2]

Career[]

Hossain was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1970 on an Awami League nomination. In 1975, he served as the organising secretary of BAKSAL. He joined Jatiya Party in 1986.[2] He was elected to parliament from Rajshahi-3 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988.[3][4] He served as the Minister of Land, the Minister of Food, Minister of Agriculture, and the Minister of fisheries and livestock in the Cabinet of Hussain Mohammad Ershad. He campaigned for Ershad's release after he was removed from power and imprisoned.[2] He returned to Bangladesh Awami League in 2005.[5]

Death[]

Hossain died on 19 December 2015 in Apollo Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ex-minister Sardar Amjad remembered". The Daily Star. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Ex-minister Sardar Amjad passes away". The Daily Star. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ^ "JP leader Sardar Amjad returns to AL June 1". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Ex-minister Sardar Amjad passes away". Daily Sun. Retrieved 15 November 2019.


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