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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = GM Quader
| native_name = জি এম কাদের
| native_name_lang = bn
| constituency_MP = [[Lalmonirhat-3]]
| term_start = 7 January 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Abu Saleh Mohammad Sayeed]]
| successor =
| term_start1 = 6 January 2009
| term_end1 = 9 January 2014
| predecessor1 = [[Asadul Habib Dulu]]
| successor1 = [[Abu Saleh Mohammad Sayeed]]
| term_start2 = 23 June 1996
| term_end2 = 15 July 2001
| predecessor2 = [[Md. Riaz Uddin Ahmed]]
| successor2 = [[Asadul Habib Dulu]]
| office3 = 2nd Chairman of [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]
| term_start3 = 14 July 2019
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]]
| successor3 =
| office4 = [[Ministry of Commerce (Bangladesh)|Minister of Commerce]]
| term_start4 = 6 December 2011
| term_end4 = 5 January 2014
| predecessor4 = [[Faruk Khan]]
| successor4 = [[Tofail Ahmed (politician)|Tofail Ahmed]]
| office5 = [[Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism (Bangladesh)|Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism]]
| term_start5 = 6 January 2009
| term_end5 = 5 December 2011
| predecessor5 = [[Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir]]
| successor5 = [[Faruk Khan]]
| party = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]
| birth_name = Ghulam Muhammed Quader
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|2|24|df=y}}
| relatives = {{ubl|[[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]] (brother)|[[Mozammel Hossain Lalu]] (brother)|[[Merina Rahman]] (sister)|[[Mahfuz Ahmed]] (son-in-law)}}
| alma_mater = [[Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| website = {{url|gmquader.com}}
| spouse = [[Sharifa Quader]]
}}
'''Ghulam Muhammed Quader''' ({{lang-bn|গোলাম মোহাম্মদ কাদের}}; b. 24 February 1948), better known as '''GM Quader''', is a Bangladeshi politician and the current chairperson of [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3603|title=Constituency 18_11th_En|website=www.parliament.gov.bd|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref> He is the incumbent [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from the [[Lalmonirhat-3]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english|title=List of 11th Parliament Members English|website=www.parliament.gov.bd|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref> He served as the [[Ministries of Bangladesh|Minister of Commerce]] and [[Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism (Bangladesh)|Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism]] from 2009 to 2014.

==Early life and family==
Quader was born on 24 February 1948 to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family with roots in [[Dinhata]]. His parents were Mokbul Hossain and Majida Khatun.<ref name=gm-quader-bio>{{Cite web |url=http://gmquader.com/গোলাম-মোহাম্মদ-কাদের-জি-এ/ |script-title=bn:গোলাম মোহাম্মদ কাদের (জি এম কাদের)- এর জীবন বৃত্তান্ত |website=gmquader.com |access-date=2019-04-15}}</ref> Mokbul was a lawyer and served as a minister of the erstwhile [[Cooch Behar State#Maharajas|Maharaja of Cooch Behar]].<ref name=gm-quader-bio/> Quader had eight siblings including the former [[President of Bangladesh]] [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Ghulam Muhammed Quader MP given charge to run JP |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=138547 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=15 May 2010}}</ref> banker [[Mozammel Hossain Lalu]] and [[Merina Rahman]].<ref name=gm-quader-bio/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/04/22/jatiya-party-presidium-member-bablu-marries-ershads-niece |title=Jatiya Party presidium member Bablu marries Ershad's niece |work=bdnews24.com |date=2017-04-22 |access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2014/09/06/ershad-wants-tomb-on-his-grave|title=Ershad wants tomb on his grave|website=bdnews24.com|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref> He is married to [[Sharifa Quader]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=GM Quader’s wife Sharifa set to become Jatiya Party MP from a reserved seat|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2021/10/13/gm-quaders-wife-sharifa-set-to-become-jatiya-party-mp-from-a-reserved-seat|access-date=2021-10-16|website=bdnews24.com|date=2021-10-13}}</ref>

==Education==
Quader completed his SSC and HSC from [[Rangpur Zilla School]] and [[Rangpur, Bangladesh|Rangpur]] [[Carmichael College]]. He obtained his BSc in mechanical engineering from [[Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology]] (BUET) in 1969.

==Career==
Quader is a presidium member of the [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] (JP). Additionally, he held important posts in important ministries and organizations including the Ministry of Establishment, [[Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation]], [[Jamuna Oil Company]] and [[British American Tobacco Bangladesh|Bangladesh Tobacco Company]] (now British American Tobacco Bangladesh). He worked in the Ministry of Agriculture in Iraq as a mechanical engineer from 1976 to 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gmquader.com/|title=Official Website of Ghulam Muhammed Quader|website=gmquader.com|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>

Quader was elected to parliament with a Jatiya Party ticket in the seventh parliamentary election and served as member of parliamentary standing committee on defence ministry. He was also elected as lawmaker in eighth parliamentary election and served as a member of standing committee on agriculture ministry.

Quader was elected to parliament from Lalmonirhat-3 on 7 January 2019 as a candidate of Jatiya party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ghulam Muhammed Quader - গোলাম মোহাম্মদ কাদের History|url=https://amarmp.com/mp/17610/history|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Amarmp|language=en}}</ref> He received 149, 641 votes while his nearest rival, [[Asadul Habib Dulu]] of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]], received 80, 225 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-25|title=Lalmonirhat-3 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Lalmonirhat-3&d=rangpur|access-date=2022-01-09|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

From 2016, he joined his elder brother, [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]], who was the founder and chairman of the [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]. Ershad had declared to make Quader the co-chairman of the party although Ershad's wife [[Rowshan Ershad]] and her MPs were against the decision. In May 2019, Ershad appointed Quader acting chairman of Jatiya Party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ershad appoints GM Quader as Jatiya Party acting chairman {{!}} banglatribune.com|url=https://en.banglatribune.com/politics/news/44609/Ershad-makes-GM-Quader-Jatiya-Party-chairman|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Bangla Tribune|language=en}}</ref> In July 2019, he became chairman of the party.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-18|title=GM Quader new chairman of Jatiya Party|url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/politics/gm-quader-new-chairman-jatiya-party|access-date=2022-01-09|website=The Business Standard|language=en}}</ref> His leadership has been challenged by [[Bidisha Ershad]], wife of Ershad, and [[Rowshan Ershad]], another wife of Ershad and co-chairperson of the party.<ref>{{Cite web|title=GM Quader 'self-declared chairman' of Jatiya Party: Bidisha Ershad - National - observerbd.com|url=https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=292147|access-date=2022-01-09|website=The Daily Observer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-23|title=GM Quader refutes Rowshan’s statement|url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2019/07/23/gm-quader-refutes-rowshan-s-statement|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>

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