Kazi Abdul Kader (1914–2002) was a Pakistani and later Bangladeshi politician. He served as a minister and a member of parliament in both the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly and Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad.[3][4]
Kazi Abdul Kader | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Food & Agriculture East Pakistan | |
| Member of Jatiya Sangsad Rangpur-3 | |
| In office February 1979 – March 1982 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Ukil[1] |
| Succeeded by | Shawfiqul Ghaani Shapan[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1914 Rangpur, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 2 October 2002 (aged 88) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Nationality | British Indian (1914–1947) Pakistani (1947–1971) Bangladeshi (1971–2002) |
| Political party | Muslim League (Qayyum) (until 1971) Bangladesh Muslim League (since 1976) |
| Spouse | Lutfa Kader |
| Children | Kazi Faruque Kader |
| Occupation | Politician |
Early life
editKader was born in 1914 in Rangpur, British India.[4]
Political career
editPakistan
editKader served as a minister in the government of East Pakistan. He was the food and agriculture minister of the erstwhile East Pakistan government and a leader of the Convention Muslim League.[4][5] He was falsely accused of opposing the independence of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh Liberation War. As a result, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman cancelled his citizenship in 1972, and stripped him off his lands and property and Kader remained stranded in Karachi. He returned to Bangladesh after 1975 when he was able to prove that these allegations were entirely false and joined the revived Bangladesh Muslim League. However, despite several attempts by his descendants, the government of Bangladesh would not return the properties grabbed under false accusations.[citation needed]
Bangladesh
editKazi Abdul Kader later served as the president of the Bangladesh Muslim League in Bangladesh. Kader contested the second Bangladeshi general election in 1979 on a ticket from the Muslim League. He contested from the seat Rangpur-3 and won the constituency.[6] He contested again from the Muslim League during the 1991 Bangladeshi general election, this time from Nilphamari-3. He came in fifth place with 4,834 votes (4.34%).[7]
Personal life
editKader was married twice. His first wife was Lutfa Kader from Murshidabad, West Bengal, India and he had six sons and one daughter with her. She is believed to be a sayyidah, an honorific title denoting people accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His second wife was Nawabzadi Kaniz Fatema of the Dhaka nawab family. Kader's eldest son is Kazi Faruque Kader. Faruq is a Freedom Fighter and served as the member of parliament twice from Nilphamari-3, the last time being from 2008 to 2014.[citation needed]
Death
editKader died on 2 October 2002 in his Gulshan residence in Dhaka. He died from old-age complications at the age of 88.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "List of 1st Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 September 2018.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018.
- ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ a b c "Local News on Bangladesh". sdnbd.org. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "'No vote' campaign against anti-liberation elements". The Daily Star. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Member's of 2nd Parliament of Bangladesh". Bangladesh Affairs. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election – Electoral Area Results Comparison". Amar Desh. Retrieved 1 February 2019.