Mohammad Asaduzzaman (politician)


Mohammad Asaduzzaman was a Bangladeshi politician who has elected four times as a Jatiya Sangsad member. His son Saifuzzaman Shikhor is the incumbent MP of Magura-1 constituency and her daughter Kamrul Laila Jolly was also a former member from the women's reserved seat.

Biography

Asaduzzaman was born in 11 November 1935 in Moulovi Joka which is a village of Polashbaria Union of Mohammadpur Upazila of Magura District. When he was in class 8, he had took part in Language Movement. He had joined to politics of Awami League in 1954. He had also taken part in various movements against the Pakistani Government, when Bangladesh was under Pakistani rule. He had become General Secretary of Magura Awami League in 1965. In 1970, he was elected to East Pakistan Provincial Assembly. He had taken part in Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. He was an organizer of Bangladesh Liberation War too.
After independence, in 1972, he became a member of Bangladesh Ganaparishad. He became the president of Magura Awami League in 1976. He had become an MP in Second General Election of Bangladesh in 1979. After that, he became an MP again in 1986 in Third General Election of Bangladesh and in 1991 in Fifth General Election of Bangladesh from Magura-2 constituency.
Asaduzzaman died on 25 December 1993.