Amzad Hossain Sarker

{{short description|Bangladeshi politician (1958-2021)}}

{{similar names||Amjad Hossain (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Amzad Hossain Sarker

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| office = Member of Bangladesh Parliament

| term_start = 1 October 2001

| term_end = 29 October 2008

| predecessor = Asadur Rahman

| successor = A.A. Maruf Saklain{{cite web |url=https://www.nilphamari.info/district-information/ |title=District Information |website=www.nilphamari.info}}

| birth_date = {{birth date text|1958}}{{cite web |url=http://syedpur.nilphamari.gov.bd/site/page/3138e03a-18fd-11e7-9461-286ed488c766/25E0%25A6%25AE%25E0%25A7%2587%25E0%25A6%25AF%25E0%25A6%25BC%25E0%25A6%25B0 |script-title=bn:মেয়র |trans-title=Mayor |website=Syedpur Upazila |language=bn |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-date=19 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819131633/http://syedpur.nilphamari.gov.bd/site/page/3138e03a-18fd-11e7-9461-286ed488c766/25E0%25A6%25AE%25E0%25A7%2587%25E0%25A6%25AF%25E0%25A6%25BC%25E0%25A6%25B0 |url-status=dead}}

| birth_place = Saidpur, Nilphamari, Bangladesh

| death_date = 14 January {{death year and age|2021|1958}}

| death_place = Dhaka

| party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party

| alma_mater = University of Rajshahi

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Amzad Hossain Sarker (1958–2021) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and member of parliament for Nilphamari-4 from 2001 to 2008.{{cite news |title=EC's Rejection of Appeals: Khaleda files 3 writ petitions |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/news/khaleda-challenges-rejection-3-appeals-1671328 |access-date=12 October 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=10 December 2018 |language=en}} He was mayor of Saidpur Paurashava.

Career

Sarker was elected to parliament from Nilphamari-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/8th%20Parliament%20.pdf |title=List of 8th Parliament Members |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=2021-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918161135/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/8th%20Parliament%20.pdf |archive-date=2018-09-18}}{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=15 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |date= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=12 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224223156/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=15 |archive-date=24 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=20 AL, JP 'rebel' candidates in Nilphamari |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/12/31/d61231070374.htm |access-date=12 October 2019 |work=The Daily Star}}

Death

Sarker died on 14 January 2021 from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.{{cite news |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/529616/ExMP-and-mayoral-candidate-Amzad-Hossain-Sarker-dies |title=Ex-MP and mayoral candidate Amzad Hossain Sarker dies |website=Daily Sun}}

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