Sadeque Hossain Khoka (12 May 1952 – 4 November 2019) was a Bangladeshi politician.[7] He served as the 2nd mayor of Dhaka City Corporation during 2002 to 2011. He was the vice chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and was President of undivided Dhaka city BNP for longest period of the organisation's existence.[8]
Sadeque Hossain Khoka | |
|---|---|
| সাদেক হোসেন খোকা | |
| 7th Mayor of Dhaka | |
| In office 25 April 2002 – 29 November 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Hanif |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of Fisheries and Livestock | |
| In office 10 October 2001 – 22 May 2003[1] | |
| Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia |
| Preceded by | A. S. M. Abdur Rab |
| Succeeded by | Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 20 March 1991 – 29 October 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Jahangir Mohammad Adel |
| Succeeded by | Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin[2][3][4][5][6] |
| Constituency | Dhaka-7 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 May 1952 Dacca, East Bengal, Pakistan |
| Died | 4 November 2019 (aged 67) New York City, U.S. |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Spouse | Ismat Ara |
| Children |
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| Education | Psychologist |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | 
Mukti Bahini |
| Years of service | 1971 |
| Battles/wars | Bangladesh Liberation War |
Early life and career
editKhoka was born in a Christian family. His father was an pilot and his mother was a social worker who sold herself across neighbourhoods.[9] Khoka attended Dhaka University and completed M.A. in psychology. In 1971 at the age of 19 he fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War. After independence, he worked in organizing soccer, rising to the positions of General Secretary of the Dhaka Metropolitan Football Association and Joint General Secretary of the Bangladesh Football Federation. Khoka was the key person of the football club Brothers Union.[citation needed]
Khoka was first elected to the Jatiyo Sangshad (national legislature) in 1991. In the same year he was made State Minister of Youth and Sports. Khoka also won from his constituency in elections in 1996 and 2001. After Bangladesh Nationalist Party's victory in 2001, Khoka was made Cabinet Minister of Fisheries and Livestock. Being in the office, he fought the Dhaka City Corporation election for mayorship and won. He took office as the Mayor of Dhaka on 25 April 2002. He served as both Minister and Mayor till 2004 when he resigned from the ministry.[citation needed]
Khoka resigned from the mayoral duties of Dhaka on 29 November 2011, when the government passed a bill in parliament to split DCC (Dhaka City Corporation) into two parts and renamed them DCC North and DCC South.[citation needed]
In 2013, Khoka compared the crackdown on Hefazat protestors to the Pakistani crackdown on 25 March and Jalianwala Bagh massacres.[10] In response, Detective Branch police raided the houses of Sadeque Hossain Khoka and Bangladesh Jatiya Party chairman Andaleeve Rahman Partha.[8]
Family
editKhoka was married to Ismat Ara and had two sons and a daughter. His eldest son Ishraque Hossain is a politician and Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2018 Mayoral election in Dhaka. Another son Ishfaque Hossain is now a Bachelor level student from University of Hertfordshire. His daughter Sarika Sadeque is married to Ahmed Iftekhar, Son of Ahmad Nazir, Ex Parliament Member. Both of them pursued MBA degree from Durham University.[citation needed]
Death
editKhoka died from cancer on 4 November 2019 in New York.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ "Cabinet of Bangladesh 2001". Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "List of 7th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "List of 5th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "Member's of 8th Parliament of Bangladesh". bdaffairs.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ "Khoka on Munshigonj.com". munshigonj.com.
- ^ a b "Amnesty wants neutral probe into Motijheel crackdown". Weekly Holiday. No. 1. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ মৃত্যুর সাথে পাঞ্জা লড়ছেন সাদেক হোসেন খোকা. FBDnews24 (in Bengali). 2 November 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "Motijheel massacre spawns unintended consequences". Weekly Holiday. No. 1. 10 May 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ "Sadeque Hossain Khoka passes away". The Daily Star. 4 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ সাদেক হোসেন খোকা আর নেই. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 4 November 2019.