Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder
Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder | |
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| Member of Parliament | |
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| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder is a Bangladesh Awami League politician, businessman, and former Member of Parliament.[1] He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Limited.[2] He is the chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society.[3] He is the founder and chairman of academic council of Scholarshome Sylhet.
Career
Mazumder was elected to Parliament in the 2008 Bangladesh General Election as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League from Sylhet-5.[4] He beat Moulana Farid Uddin Chowdhury, former Member of Parliament from Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, by 31 thousand votes.[5] He was appointed the chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society on 9 April 2015.[6] He did not receive nomination for the 2014 Bangladesh General Election from Bangladesh Awami League. Instead the nomination went to Mashuk Uddin Ahmed.[7] he founded Hafiz Mazumder Education Trust to improve education in Sylhet.[8]
On 12 May 2010 he was re-elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank.[8] In 27 April 2012 he was re-elected again as chairman of the bank.[9] On 25 February 2014 Mazumder was removed from the post of chairman of Pubali Bank by an order of Bangladesh High Court along with 7 directors of the bank. The High Court gave the order in response to a petition filed by Shafee Ahmed Chowdhury, a shareholder of the bank.[10] He was re-elected Chairman of the board in 5 April 2015.[11] He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank till 8 May 2016 when he retired. He was replaced by Habibur Rahman. Mazumder was appointed as an adviser to Pubali bank. His daughter, Runa Laila Hafiz, was made a director of the Pubali Bank.[12][13]
References
- ^ "Pubali Bank Limited". pubalibangla.com. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder". The New Nation. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Bilateral meeting held between Bangladesh and Iranian Red Crescent Society". dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Contact an MP". parliament.gov.bd (in Bengali). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "6 reasons behind 4-party's poll debacle in Sylhet divn". The Daily Star. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Bangladesh Red Crescent Society gets new chairman". The Daily Star. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "AL nominates five new faces in Sylhet". The Daily Star. 1 December 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Pubali Bank chairman re-elected". The Daily Star. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Pubali Bank re-elects top brass". The Daily Star. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Pubali Bank loses Chairman, directors". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Pubali Bank re-elects top officials". The Daily Star. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Pubali Bank gets new Chairman". observerbd.com. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "Pubali Bank elects new chairman". The Daily Star. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2018.