Sardar Amjad Hossain (1940–2015) was a Jatiya Party (Ershad) politician and member of parliament for Rajshahi-3.[1]
Sardar Amjad Hossain | |
|---|---|
| Member of Bangladesh Parliament | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1940 Hamirkutsa village, Bagmara thana, Rajshahi District, British India |
| Died | 19 December 2015 (aged 75) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Political party | Jatiya Party (Ershad) |
Early life
editHossain was born on 1 January 1940 in Hamirkutsa village, Bagmara Upazila, Rajshahi District.[2]
Career
editHossain 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 the 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 the Bangladesh Awami League in 2005.[5]
Death
editHossain died on 19 December 2015 in Apollo Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Ex-minister Sardar Amjad remembered". The Daily Star. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "Ex-minister Sardar Amjad passes away". The Daily Star. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "JP leader Sardar Amjad returns to AL June 1". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ "Ex-minister Sardar Amjad passes away". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.