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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kazi Abdul Kader
|image=
| office = Minister of Food & Agriculture [[East Pakistan]]
| office2 = Member of [[Jatiya Sangsad]] Rangpur-3
| term_start2 = February 1979
| term_end2 = March 1982
| predecessor2 = Ali Ukil<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-1st-parliament-members|title = List of 1st Parliament Members}}</ref>
| successor2 = Mohammad Shafikul Ghani Shopon<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-3rd-parliament-members-bangla|title=List of 3rd Parliament Members}}</ref>
| birth_date = 1914
| birth_place = [[Rangpur district|Rangpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| death_date = 2 October 2002 (aged 88)
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| party = [[Muslim League (Qayyum)]] (until 1971) [[Bangladesh Muslim League]] (since 1976)
| spouse = Nawabzadi Kaniz Fatema
| children = [[Kazi Faruque Kader]]
| nationality = [[British Raj|British Indian]] (1914–1947) [[Pakistani]] (1947–1971) [[Bangladeshi]] (1971–2002)
| occupation = Politician
}}

'''Kazi Abdul Kader''' (1914–2002) was a [[Pakistani]] and later [[Bangladeshi]] politician. He served as a member of parliament in both the [[East Pakistan Provincial Assembly]] and [[Jatiya Sangsad|Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-2nd-parliament-members-bangla|title=List of 2nd Parliament Members|website=parliament.gov.bd|access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.sdnbd.org/sdi/news/general-news/Previus%20news/October-2002/3.htm|title=Local News on Bangladesh|website=sdnbd.org|access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Kader was born in 1914 within [[Rangpur District|Rangpur]], [[British Raj|British India]].<ref name=":0" />

== Bangladesh Liberation War ==
Kader openly collaborated with the [[Pakistan Army]]. He was alleged to be the mastermind behind the [[Kaliganj massacre]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-12-08|title='No vote' campaign against anti-liberation elements|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-66576|access-date=2021-04-11|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

== Political career ==
=== Pakistan ===
Kader served as a central minister in the government of [[East Pakistan]]. He was the Food & Agriculture Minister of the erstwhile [[East Pakistan]] government and a leader of the [[Convention Muslim League]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-66576|title='No vote' campaign against anti-liberation elements|date=8 December 2008|website=The Daily Star|access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>

=== Bangladesh ===
Kader contested the [[1979 Bangladeshi general election|second Bangladeshi general election]] in 1979 on a ticket from the [[Bangladesh Muslim League|Muslim League]]. He contested from the seat [[Rangpur-3]] and won the constituency.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bdaffairs.com/members-of-2nd-parliament-of-bangladesh/|title=Member's of 2nd Parliament of Bangladesh|website=Bangladesh Affairs|access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref> He contested again from the [[Bangladesh Muslim League|Muslim League]] during the [[1991 Bangladeshi general election]], this time from [[Nilphamari-3]]. He came in fifth place with 4,834 votes (4.34%).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.amardesh.com/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=14|title=Bangladesh Parliament Election – Electoral Area Results Comparison – Amar Desh Online|website=amardesh.com|access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Kader was married twice. His second wife was Nawabzadi Kaniz Fatema of the [[Dhaka nawab family]]. She was the daughter of Nawabzadi Khurshid Bano (daughter of [[Khwaja Salimullah]]). Kader had two sons with Kaniz; Kazi Naser Mohammed and Kazi Qais Mohammed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gupshup1.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=gupshup1&view=0&pid=2390&ver=1762|title=Family Tree|website=gupshup1.tribalpages.com|access-date=1 February 2019}}</ref> Another son was Kazi Faruque Kader. Faruque served as the member of parliament from Nilphamari-3 from 2008 to 2014.

== Death ==
Kader died on 2 October 2002 in his [[Gulshan Thana|Gulshan]] residence in [[Dhaka]]. He died from old-age complications at the age of 88.

==References==
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[[Category:Pakistani politicians]]
[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:2nd Jatiya Sangsad members]]

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