Benzir Ahmed

Benzir Ahmed
বেনজির আহমেদ
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Dhaka-20
In office
30 January 2019 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byM. A. Maleque
In office
30 December 2008 – 29 January 2014
Preceded byConstituency created
Personal details
Born (1952-02-29) 29 February 1952 (age 72)
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Children3
EducationM.A.
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
OccupationBusiness

Benzir Ahmed (born 29 February 1952)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-20 constituency.

Early life

Ahmed was born on 29 February 1952[1] in the village of Bainna, Dhamrai, Dhaka District, East Pakistan, Pakistan, the third child among four brothers and two sisters.[2] He attended Manikganj Govt. Debendra College and Dhaka University.[2] He has a M.A. degree.[1]

Career

Ahmed was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Dhaka-20 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[2] He received the nomination to contest the 2018 election from Dhaka-20.[3] He is the president of the Dhaka District unit of the Bangladesh Awami League.[4] He was the President of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies(BAIRA).[5] In 2022 BAIRA Election, he lost to the panel led by Mohammad Abul Bashar.[6]

Political life

Benjir was elected as the first Member of Parliament in the Ninth National Parliament elections in 2008.[7] During the Ninth Parliament, he was a member of the Petition Committee and the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Lands. In 2014, he did not participate in the election as he was not nominated. He was nominated by Awami League in the 11th National Parliament election held on 30 December 2018 and later got the candidacy of Grand Alliance.[8] He was nominated by Awami League in the 12th National Parliament election held on 7 January 2024. He got 83,708 thousand votes defeating his nearest rival independent candidate Mohaddesh Hossain.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Constituency 193". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "FF Benjir Ahmed gets AL ticket in Dhaka 20". The Asian Age. Bangladesh. 27 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Who are the Awami League candidates?". BD News24. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  4. ^ "AL enough to defeat itself in next polls!". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Manpower recruiting agencies demand Tk 2,000cr stimulus package". UNB. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  6. ^ প্রতিবেদক, জ্যেষ্ঠ. "বায়রা নির্বাচনে নূর আলী-বাশার প্যানেলের জয়". bdnews24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Constituency 193". Archived from the original on 20 September 2018.
  8. ^ "একাদশ সংসদ নির্বাচন: সারা দেশে ভোটের ফল". Archived from the original on 31 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Dhaka-20 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". 25 November 2018.
  10. ^ "ঢাকা-২০ | জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ২০২৪ | Dhaka Post".


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