Nizam Uddin Hazari
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
29 January 2014
Preceded byJoynal Abedin
ConstituencyFeni-2
Personal details
Born1 January 1966
Feni Sadar Upazila, Feni District, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
OccupationPolitician

Nizam Uddin Hazari (Bengali: নিজাম উদ্দিন হাজারী) is an Awami League politician and member of parliament from Feni-2.

Early life

Uddin was born on 1 January 1966.[1] He has a B.com degree.[1] His mother was Dil Afroze Begum and his father was Zainal Abedin.[2]

Career

Uddin 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 Uddin 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]

Uddin was mayor of Feni in 2011.[5]

Uddin 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 Uddin.[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 Uddin 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 Uddin'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, Uddin 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 Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[12]

Uddin was re-elected in 2018 from Feni-2 as a candidate of Awami League.[13] He is Trustee Board member of Feni University.[14]

Uddin visited Feni jail without permission and violating rules numerous times in 2019 to visit imprisoned Jubo League leaders.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nizam Uddin Hazari -নিজাম উদ্দিন হাজারী Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  2. ↑ "Nizam Hazari MP of Feni loses mother, brother in just two hours". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Nizam Hazari: From arms dealer to lawmaker". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim (2015-06-29). "Same Old Feni". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Md Nizam uddin verdict deferred again". Dhaka Tribune. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "HC verdict on Nizam Hazari's JS membership Aug 30". Samakal. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "new age". Archived from the original on 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  8. ↑ "Nizam, Hazari trade blame". The Daily Star. 2014-05-22. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  9. ↑ "56 charged with Ekram murder". The Daily Star. 2014-08-29. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  10. ↑ "Nizam Hazari can continue as MP: HC". The Daily Star. 2018-03-02. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  11. ↑ "Hazari sues Observer editor". The Daily Star. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  12. ↑ "'AL MP Nizam Hazari behind Khaleda motorcade attack'". The Daily Star. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  13. ↑ "List of 11th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  14. ↑ "Feni University". www.feniuniversity.edu.bd. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  15. ↑ "'MP Hazari enters jail violating rule'". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
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