Abdur Razzaq (politician)
| Abdur Razzaq | |
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| মো: আ: রাজ্জাক | |
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| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Shariatpur-3 |
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In office 1973–1979 |
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In office 1991–2011 |
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| Succeeded by | Nahim Razzaq |
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1 August 1942 Damudya, British India (now Bangladesh) |
| Died | 23 December 2011 (aged 69) London, UK |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Spouse(s) | Farida Razzaq |
| Children | Nahim Razzaq Fahim Razzaq |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Muslim |
Abdur Razzaq (1 August 1942 – 23 December 2011) was a Bangladeshi politician and member of the Awami League Advisory Council. He was a chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for the Water Resources Ministry. He was the Minister for Water Resources of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 during Bangladesh Awami League government under Sheikh Hasina's cabinet.
Razzaq was born in a middle class business family of South Damudya village under Damudya Upazila of Shariatpur District in the province of Bengal (now Bangladesh) to father Alhaj Imamuddin and mother Begum Akfatun Nesa. His childhood dream was to develop his village into an ideal village where everyone would prosper and be solvent.
He passed his Secondary School Certificate examination from Damudya Muslim High School in 1958 and Higher Secondary School Certificate examination from Dhaka College in 1960, he then enrolled at University of Dhaka and passed the BA (Honors) in political science and in 1964 he enrolled and passed the MA in political science. Later he passed LLB and enrolled as a lawyer in 1973.
Razzaq married Farida Razzaq in 1973 and is the father of Nahim Razzaq and Fahim Razzaq.
Abdur Razzaq started his political career in student life being elected as the secretary of Fazlul Haq Hall Students Union, Dhaka University in 1963. A versatile charismatic leader with dynamic organising capacity Razzaq emerged as a popular parliamentarian, and took over the responsibilities of different ministries of Government of Bangladesh.
He was the member of the Provincial Assembly in 1970 and elected member of the parliament of the independent Bangladesh in 1973, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2008. In 9th parliamentary election Razzaq was elected member of Parliament from Shariatpur-3 (Bhedarganj-Damudya-Gosairhat) constituency getting 102,925 votes while his nearest rival K M Hemayet Ullah Awrangajeb of BNP got 52,672 votes. Chronology of Razzaq's political career:
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