Abdul Hamid (politician)

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Abdul Hamid (2014)

Abdul Hamid ( Bengali : আব্দুল হামিদ) (born January 1, 1944 in Mithamoin , British India ) is a Bangladeshi politician and since April 24, 2013 the 20th President of Bangladesh. He was the Speaker (President of Parliament) of the Jatiyo Sangshad of Bangladesh and in this capacity since March 14, 2013 incumbent President and thus the successor to Zillur Rahman . Abdul Hamid was officially sworn in as President on April 22, 2013.

Life

Hamid visited the Gurudayal Government College in Kishoreganj and then studied at the Central Law College of Dhaka University , where he earned a degree as a lawyer. He became a lawyer at the Kishoregonj court and was president of the local bar association several times.

Political career

Abdul Hamid began his political career as a student in Kishoreganj. Because of this, he was imprisoned by the Pakistani government in the early 1960s . In 1969 he became a member of the Awami League . Between 1970 and 2009 he was elected to parliament a total of seven times.

After the formation of a government by the Awami League, Hamid became deputy speaker of the national parliament in 1996, and in 2001 he became deputy chairman of the opposition party in the national assembly. From July to October 2001 he held the office of Speaker of Parliament. On January 25th, 2009 he was elected to this office for the second time with the votes of all MPs.

On March 14, 2013, Hamid became the incumbent head of state after President Rahman was hospitalized in Singapore , where he died six days later.

On February 7, 2018, he was elected President for a further term. There was no opposing candidate as the main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and its allies were not represented in parliament due to their boycott of the 2014 general election.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Speaker's Biography ( English , PDF; 64 kB) Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2011. (Bengali)
  2. ↑ http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/hamid-elected-president-2/
  3. ↑ Bangladesh president dies in Singapore. Retrieved March 20, 2013 .
  4. ^ Hamid elected president for second term. The Daily Star, February 7, 2018, accessed January 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Abdul Hamid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES আব্দুল হামিদ (Bengali)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bangladeshi politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Mithamoin, Kishoreganj District, Assam, British India