Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder

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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder
| constituency_MP = [[Sylhet-5]]
| parliament = [[Bangladesh]]
| term_start = 14 July 1996
| term_end = 13 July 2001
| predecessor = [[Abdul Kahir Chowdhury]]
| successor = [[Farid Uddin Chowdhury]]
| term_start1 = 25 January 2009
| term_end1 = 24 January 2014
| predecessor1 = [[Farid Uddin Chowdhury]]
| successor1 = [[Salim Uddin]]
| term_start2 = 30 January 2019
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = [[Salim Uddin]]
| successor2 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|03|29}}
| birth_place = Mazumder bari, [[Zakiganj Upazila]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| relatives = Mahmudur Rahman Mazumder (uncle) Emdadur Rahman Mazumder (dad) Rana Laila Hafiz Mazumder (daughter) Runa Fowzia Hafiz Mazumder (daughter)
| awards = Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal (2011)
| education = [[Jessore Zilla School]] [[Murari Chand College]] [[Brojomohun College]]
| image = https://amarmp.com/propic/profile/17461_1552139676.png
| nationality = Bangladeshi
}}

'''Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder''' (born 29 March 1935)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3793 |title=Constituency 233_11th_En |website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh]] [[Awami League]] politician, former chairman of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and Pubali Bank Limited, businessman, and a member of parliament.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pubali Bank Limited |url=https://www.pubalibangla.com/chairman.html |website=pubalibangla.com |accessdate=18 February 2022}}</ref>

He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of [[Pubali Bank|Pubali Bank Limited]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/47218/hafiz-ahmed-mazumder-chairman-of-the-board-of-directors-of-pubali-bank-limited-inaugurating-the-banks-branch-in-sylhet-recently-other-members-of-the-board-of-directors-were-present-and-md-abdul-halim-chowdhury-managing-director-of-the-bank-presided.html |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The New Nation |language=en}}</ref> He also served as the chairman of [[Bangladesh Red Crescent Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=প্রতিবেদক|first=নিজস্ব|title=বাংলাদেশ রেড ক্রিসেন্ট সোসাইটির নতুন চেয়ারম্যান আবদুল ওয়াহ্হাব|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/বাংলাদেশ-রেড-ক্রিসেন্ট-সোসাইটির-নতুন-চেয়ারম্যান-আবদুল-ওয়াহ্হাব|access-date=2021-11-24|website=Prothomalo|language=bn}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bilateral meeting held between Bangladesh and Iranian Red Crescent Society |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/health-wellness/2017/10/12/meeting-bangladesh-iranian-red/ |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Mahmudur Rahman Majumdar was born in [[Zakiganj Upazila|Zakiganj]], [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]], [[Assam Province]] (now [[Sylhet District]], Bangladesh). He went to the Chandinagar Primary School in [[Cachar district|Cachar, India]] and then the [[Jessore Zilla School]] which he completed in 1951. He graduated from the [[Murari Chand College]] in 1953, and then moved on to study at the [[Brojomohun College]] in [[Barisal]].{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

==Career==
In 1985, he established the Hafiz Majumdar Education Trust to help develop education in Sylhet district. He is the founder and chairman of academic council of [[Scholarshome]] and also founded the Hafsa Majumdar Women's College, the Sajjad Majumdar Bidyaniketan and the Hafiz Majumdar Bidyaniketan. His services to society has won him numerous awards such as the Khwaja Bahadur Ahsanullah Gold Medal, from the Ahsania Mission in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://maasranga.tv/?p=6693 |script-title=bn:হাফিজ মজুমদার |date=30 December 2018 |website=[[Maasranga Television]] |language=bn }}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Mazumder was elected to Parliament in the [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008 Bangladesh General Election]] as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League from [[Sylhet-5]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Contact an MP |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn}}</ref> He beat Moulana [[Farid Uddin Chowdhury]], former member of parliament from [[Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh]], by 31 thousand votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=6 reasons behind 4-party's poll debacle in Sylhet divn |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-69392 |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=31 December 2008 |language=en}}</ref> He was appointed the chairman of [[Bangladesh Red Crescent Society]] on 9 April 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh Red Crescent Society gets new chairman |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/business/bangladesh-red-crescent-society-gets-new-chairman-76363 |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=9 April 2015 |language=en}}</ref> He did not receive nomination for the 2014 Bangladesh General Election from Bangladesh Awami League. Instead the nomination went to Mashuk Uddin Ahmed.<ref>{{cite news |title=AL nominates five new faces in Sylhet |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/al-nominates-five-new-faces-in-sylhet |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=1 December 2013 |language=en}}</ref> he founded Hafiz Mazumder Education Trust to improve education in Sylhet.<ref name="pbl">{{cite news |title=Pubali Bank chairman re-elected |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-138046 |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=12 May 2010 |language=en}}</ref>

On 12 May 2010 he was re-elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank.<ref name="pbl" /> On 27 April 2012 he was re-elected again as chairman of the bank.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pubali Bank re-elects top brass |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-231846 |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=27 April 2012 |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pubali Bank loses Chairman, directors |url=https://bdnews24.com/business/2014/02/25/pubali-bank-loses-chairman-directors |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> He was re-elected Chairman of the board on 5 April 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pubali Bank re-elects top officials |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/business/banking/pubali-bank-re-elects-top-officials-75593 |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=5 April 2015 |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pubali Bank gets new Chairman |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2016/05/08/150331.php |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Observer}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pubali Bank elects new chairman |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/business/pubali-bank-elects-new-chairman-1217839 |accessdate=18 February 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=3 May 2016 |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:People from Zakiganj Upazila]]
[[Category:Brojomohun College alumni]]
[[Category:Murari Chand College alumni]]

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