Mohammad Abdullah (academic)

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Mohammad Abdullah
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Born(1937-01-01)1 January 1937
Chandpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Nationality Bangladeshi
Political party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (1991-2001)
Other political
affiliations		 Liberal Democratic Party (2006-2019)
EducationB.Com. (Hons), M.Com. (University of Dhaka), F.C.I.S. (Chartered Secretary) (U.K)

Mohammad Abdullah (born 1 January 1937) is a Bangladeshi politician and academic. After teaching in higher education for over a decade, he served three terms as a member of parliament for constituency Chandpur-4, as a nominee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from 1991 to 2001. [1] He later resigned from the Bangladesh Nationalist party and joined the Liberal Democratic Party led by Col. (Retd.) Oli Ahmed. [2]

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Early life

Abdullah was born into a distinguished Muslim family in Chandpur District, now a part of the Chittagong Division. His father Alhaj Nawab Ali (Gazi), was a scholar in Arabic, philanthropist and Islamic thinker, a Muslim aristocrat belonging to the "Gazi" family (their ancestors assumed the title "Gazi" for their gallantry in defending Islam and success in extending the realms of Islam). "Faraizi Movement" founder Haji Shariatullah is his relative.[ citation needed ]

Abdullah attended Bajapti Ramani Mohan High School where he passed the Matriculation in 1953. He moved to Dhaka for his higher education and started living there permanently with his two brothers, passing I.Com (Intermediate) at Jagannath College in 1955 and obtaining B.Com. (Hons.) and M.Com. degrees from the University of Dhaka in 1958 and 1959 respectively. Subsequently, he went to London for higher studies and studied to qualify as a chartered secretary; he earned his certificate and became a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, London, UK in 1966.[ citation needed ] He was company secretary of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited and sponsor director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited.

Academic career

Before entering politics, Abdullah was an educator. He taught in degree colleges and served as a part-time faculty member in the Departments of Management and Finance at the University of Dhaka for nearly 14 years; he also taught in a secondary modern school in the U.K. from 1964 to 1966 while studying there. He was a member of the Senate of Chittagong University from 1991 to 1995.[ citation needed ] He served as the acting chairman of Manarat International University. [3]

Political career

In 1991, Abdullah entered politics by joining the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and in the Bangladesh general election that year, he was elected a member of parliament from the constituency 263, Chandpur-4, defeating Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury, who had served as prime minister under President Ershad. [4] He was elected three times from Chandpur-4 with BNP nomination (in the 5th, the 6th and the 7th parliamentary elections). The BNP also declared him their candidate for 2001 but in a surprise turnabout his nomination was cancelled and S.A. Sultan (thereafter elected as the M.P.) was given the nomination. At that point, Abdullah resigned from the party and contested as an independent candidate. [4]

After staying away from politics for some years, he later on joined the Liberal Democratic Party. [5] In 2006, the Awami League-led mega-alliance told the Liberal Democratic Party to run for 29 parliamentary seats. Abdullah was the nominee for Chandpur-4. [6] In June 2019, Abdullah resigned from the Liberal Democratic Party led by Col. (Retd.) Oli Ahmed and issued a statement to the press confirming his resignation. [7]

Publications

In 1962, Abdullah was the author of Essential On Banking.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "List of 5th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2022.
  2. ↑ National Executive Committee Archived 2019-02-25 at the Wayback Machine , 2/10/2018, Liberal Democratic Party of Bangladesh.
  3. ↑ "Professor Mohammad Abdullah". Manarat International University (MIU). Archived from the original on 8 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Bangladesh Electoral Area: 263 (Chandpur-4): 1991, 1996, 2001", Vote Monitor.net, archived at the Wayback Machine, 29 December 2008.
  5. ↑ রাষ্ট্রপতির কাছে এলডিপির ১৭ প্রস্তাব ("LDP's 17 offers to the President"), BDNews24, 21 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "LDP to run for 29 seats". bdnews24.com . 25 December 2006.
  7. ↑ বিএনপিকে চাপে রাখতে কাদের পাশে পাচ্ছেন অলি?. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali).
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