Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari

Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari (Bengali: সৈয়দ নজিবুল বশর মাইজভাণ্ডারী) is the chairman of Bangladesh Tarikat Federation and former Member of Parliament of the Chittagong-2 constituency.[1]

Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari
সৈয়দ নজিবুল বশর মাইজভাণ্ডারী
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Chittagong-2
In office
5 January 2014 – 6 January 2024
Preceded bySalahuddin Quader Chowdhury
Succeeded byKhadizatul Anwar
Member of Parliament
for Chittagong-4
In office
1991–1996
Preceded byMazharul Haq Shah Chowdhury
Succeeded byRafiqul Anwar
Chairman of Bangladesh Tarikat Federation
Assumed office
2005
Personal details
Born (1959-12-02) 2 December 1959 (age 64)
Chittagong, East Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Tarikat Federation
Other political
affiliations
Awami League (until 1996)
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (1996–2005)
ParentSyed Shafiul Bashar Maizvandari ( Father ) Syeda Ashrafunnesa Begum ( Mother )
ResidenceChittagong

Early life

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Maizbhandari was born on 2 December 1959, to a Bengali Muslim family of Syeds belonging to the Maizbhandaria tariqah in Chittagong District, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). He completed his education up until he gained his Higher Secondary School Certificate.[2]

Career

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During the 1991 Bangladeshi general elections, Maizbhandari successfully won a seat in the Chittagong-4 constituency as an Awami League candidate. However, he later became affiliated with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He represented them as a candidate for the same constituency in the 2001 Bangladeshi general election, but did not win a seat.[citation needed]

He left the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2005 because the party had formed an alliance with the Jamaat-e-Islami, which Maizbhandari accuses of supporting terrorists who attack dargahs (Sufi shrines); Maizbhandari is the president of the Bangladesh Dargah Mazar Federation, an association of shrines.[3] In the same year, he founded the Bangladesh Tarikat Federation political party which had experienced its first elections in 2008 with 45 candidates but no seats won in parliament.[citation needed]

On 5 January 2014, Maizbhandari won a seat in the Chittagong-2 representing his party and managed to keep this seat again in the 2018 Bangladeshi general election.[4] He is the Chairman of Bangladesh Tarikat Federation, ailed of the Awami League.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Tarikat Federation for army deployment in nat'l polls". UNB. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary - সৈয়দ নজিবুল বশর মাইজভান্ডারী..." Amarmp. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  3. ^ Riaz, Ali (2008). Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: A Complex Web. Routledge. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-415-45172-7. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary - সৈয়দ নজিবুল বশর মাইজভান্ডারী History". Amarmp. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Khaleda won't be released before JS polls: Tarikat Federation chief". The Daily Star. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.