Benzir Ahmed

Benzir Ahmed (born 29 February 1952) is a Bangladesh Awami League Politician and the Member of Bangladesh Parliament for Dhaka-20. He is Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Home Affairs

Benzir Ahmed
বেনজির আহমেদ
Member of Bangladesh National Parliament
Assumed office
30 January 2019
Preceded byM. A. Maleque
ConstituencyDhaka-20
In office
30 December 2008 – 29 January 2014
Succeeded byM. A. Maleque
ConstituencyDhaka-20
Personal details
Born (1952-02-29) February 29, 1952[1]
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Children2 sons, 1 daughter[2]
EducationM.A.[1]
Alma materDhaka University
OccupationBusiness[1]
CommitteesCommittee on Petitions Member, Standing Committee on Ministry of Land[1]

Early life

Ahmed was born on 29 February 1952[1] in the village of Bainna, Dhamrai, Dhaka District, East Pakistan, Pakistan, the third child among four brothers and two sisters.[2] He attended Manikganj Govt. Debendra College and Dhaka University.[2] He has a M.A. degree.[1]

Career

Ahmed was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Dhaka-20 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[2] He received the nomination to contest 2018 election from Dhaka-20.[3] He is the president of the Dhaka District unit of the Bangladesh Awami League.[4] He was the President of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies(BAIRA).[5] In 2022 BAIRA Election, he lost to the panel led by Mohammad Abul Bashar.[6]

Political life

Benjir was elected as the first Member of Parliament in the Ninth National Parliament elections in 2008.[7] During the Ninth Parliament, he was a member of the Petition Committee and the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Lands. In 2014, he did not participate in the election as he was not nominated. He was nominated by Awami League in the 11th National Parliament election held on December 30, 2018 and later got the candidacy of Grand Alliance.[8] He was nominated by Awami League in the 12th National Parliament election held on January 7, 2024. He got 83,708 thousand votes defeating his nearest rival independent candidate Mohaddesh Hossain.[9] [10]

References
  1. "Constituency 193". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  2. "FF Benjir Ahmed gets AL ticket in Dhaka 20". The Asian Age. Bangladesh. 27 November 2018.
  3. "Who are the Awami League candidates?". BD News24. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  4. "AL enough to defeat itself in next polls!". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  5. "Manpower recruiting agencies demand Tk 2,000cr stimulus package". UNB. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  6. প্রতিবেদক, জ্যেষ্ঠ. "বায়রা নির্বাচনে নূর আলী-বাশার প্যানেলের জয়". bdnews24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20180920075844/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/bn/mps-bangla/members-of-parliament-bangla/former-mp-s/2013-03-28-17-14-33?layout=edit&id=842
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20181231073054/https://bangla.bdnews24.com/11thparliamentaryelection/article1577380.bdnews
  9. https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Dhaka-20&d=dhaka
  10. https://www.dhakapost.com/parliament-election/seats/dhaka-20


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