Nizam Uddin Hazari | |
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| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Feni-2 | |
| In office 29 January 2014 –6 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Joynal Abedin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1966 Feni,East Pakistan,Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Occupation | Politician |
Nizam Uddin Hazari (born 1 January 1966) is an Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Feni-2 constituency.
Hazari was born on 1 January 1966 to Dil Afroze Begum and Zainal Abedin. [1] He has a B.com degree. [1] [2]
Hazari started politics while he was a student of Chittagong Govt. Commerce College. [3] In the 1990s Uddin worked under AJM Nasir Uddin in Chittagong. [4] Uddin was sentenced to jail on an arms case on 22 March 1992. [5] He returned to Feni in 1997 to work under Joynal Hazari. [4]
On 16 August 2000,a court in Chittagong sentenced Hazari to ten years imprisonment on an arms case. [5] He was released after serving five years in jail. [5] [6] He had appealed against the verdict with Bangladesh High Court and Bangladesh Supreme Court. [5]
Hazari was mayor of Feni in 2011. [5]
Hazari was elected to parliament from Feni-2 in 2014 unopposed as the election was boycotted by all major political parties. [7] He resigned from the post of mayor of Feni to participate in the election. [5]
In May 2014,Ekramul Haque,chairperson of Fulgazi Upazila,was assassinated. All of the accused were followers of Hazari. [4] Uddin and Joynal Hazari blamed each other over the murder. [8] According to The Daily Star ,Uddin is believed to be behind the murder but he was not charged in case. [9]
On 8 June 2014,Bangladesh High Court issued a ruling asking the Election Commission,Government of Bangladesh,and Hazari to explain why his parliamentary membership should not be cancelled due to his conviction in the arms case. [3] Two subsequent benches of Bangladesh High Court said they were "too embarrassed" to hear the case and it was delayed. [3]
Hearing in the case over Hazari's parliamentary seat began on 19 June 2016 under justices Md Emdadul Huq and Md Iqbal Kabir who deferred the verdict. [3] On 2 March 2018,Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique gave a verdict in favor of Uddin that allowed him to keep his parliamentary seat. [10]
In January 2017,Hazari sued the editor,Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury,of The Daily Observer over a report in the newspaper that described him as a drug lord. [11] In November 2017,Bangladesh Nationalist Party alleged Uddin of being responsible for an attack on the convoy of Khaleda Zia,former prime minister and chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [12]
Hazari was re-elected in 2018 from Feni-2 as a candidate of Awami League. [13] He is a trustee board member of Feni University. [14]
Hazari visited Feni jail without permission and violating rules numerous times in 2019 to visit imprisoned Jubo League leaders. [15]
On 13 August 2024,Hazari was named as a primary accused in a murder case filed over the killing of an auto-rickshaw driver in Feni during the Non-cooperation movement (2024) on 4 August. [16] Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government,his home in Feni was burned down and vandalized in February 2025. [17]