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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Kazi Firoz Rashid
|native_name = কাজী ফিরোজ রশীদ
|native_name_lang = bn
|constituency_MP = [[Dhaka-6]]
|parliament = Bangladesh
|term_start = 2014
|predecessor = [[Mizanur Rahman Khan Dipu]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|02|02|df=y}}
|party = [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]]
}}

'''Kazi Firoz Rashid''' (born 2 February 1947) is a [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]] politician and the current member of parliament for [[Dhaka-6]]. He started politics from a very early life, when he was in class nine in school he participated in the movement against Pakistan's the then President General Ayub Khan's education system. During his study at university he was elected vice president twice.

==Early life==
Rashid was born on 2 February 1947. He completed a B.A., M.A., and a LLB.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kazi Firoz Rashid|url=https://amarmp.com/mp/599/biography|website=Amarmp}}</ref>

==Career==
Rashid was elected to parliament from Dhaka-6 on 5 January 2014 as a candidate of [[Jatiya Party (Ershad)|Jatiya Party]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Search result for Candidates in Constituency Dhaka-6 Bangladesh Election Result 2014|url=http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=179|access-date=21 March 2018|work=election.dhakatribune.com|publisher=Dhaka Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312083059/http://election.dhakatribune.com/pages/search_candidates/?constituency_id=179|archive-date=12 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In parliament he criticised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for making [[Hasanul Haq Inu]] a government minister.<ref>{{cite news|title=After Ashraf, JP MP also criticises Inu|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/after-ashraf-jp-mp-also-criticises-inu-1239523|access-date=21 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=14 June 2016|language=en}}</ref> He is the president of [[Bangladesh Surfing Association]].<ref>{{cite news|title=President of Bangladesh Surfing Association|url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/66839/president-of-bangladesh-surfing-association-kazi-firoz-rashid-mp-presided-over-the-meeting-of-the-executive-committee-of-bangladesh-surfing-association-at-motijheel-in-the-city-on-saturday.html|access-date=21 March 2018|work=The New Nation|language=en}}</ref> He served as the president of [[Bangladesh Cinema Halls Owners Association]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ban on Indian films goes|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-135915|access-date=21 March 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=26 April 2010|language=en}}</ref>

===Corruption===
On 6 April 2016 [[Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh)|Anti-Corruption Commission]] sued Rashid for grabbing the land of diplomat Mohammed Ali in Dhanmondi in 1979.<ref>{{cite news|title=ACC prosecutes JP MP Kazi Firoz Rashid for grabbling land of ex-diplomat|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2016/04/07/acc-prosecutes-jp-mp-kazi-firoz-rashid-for-grabbling-land-of-ex-diplomat|access-date=21 March 2018|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=ACC grilling Kazi Firoz Rashid|url=http://www.banglanews24.com/politics/article/43610/ACC-grilling-Kazi-Firoz-Rashid|access-date=21 March 2018|work=banglanews24.com|language=en}}</ref> Rashid appealed against Anti Corruption in the High Court Of Bangladesh and that case is under procedure as of 9 November 2018.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==References==
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[[Category:Bangladesh Jatiya Party politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:3rd Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:4th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:1947 births]]

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