Azizur Rahman (Moulvibazar politician)

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Azizur Rahman

| native_name = আজিজুর রহমান

| native_name_lang = bn

| constituency_MP = Moulvibazar-3

| termstart = 5 March 1991

| termend = 24 November 1995

| predecessor = Gias Uddin Chowdhury

| successor = Saifur Rahman

| termstart1 = 10 July 1986

| termend1 = 6 December 1987

| predecessor1 = Constituency created

| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|09|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Moulvibazar, Bengal Presidency, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|08|18|1943|09|26|df=y}}

| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh

| party = Bangladesh Awami League

| death_cause = COVID-19

}}

Azizur Rahman (26 September 1943 – 18 August 2020){{Cite news |last=|first=|date=21 February 2020|script-title=bn:স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কার পাচ্ছেন মৌলভীবাজারের আজিজুর রহমান|url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/country-news/2020/02/21/877260|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222044934/https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/country-news/2020/02/21/877260 |archive-date=2020-02-22 |access-date=2020-08-18|work=Kaler kantho|language=bn}} was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a 2-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Moulvibazar-3 constituency.{{Cite web|title=List of 5th Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-5th-parliament-members-bangla|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Bangladesh Parliament}} He received the 2020 Independence Day Award by the government of Bangladesh.{{Cite news |title=Govt. issues revised list of Independence Award 2020 recipients|url=http://www.bssnews.net/?p=361262|access-date=2020-10-18 |work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha |date=2020-03-12|language=en-US}} He was Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League.

Career

Rahman was elected to parliament from Moulvibazar-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1986.{{cite web |title=List of 3rd Parliament Members |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |website=Bangladesh Parliament |accessdate=9 April 2020 |archive-date=18 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918080059/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/3rd.pdf |url-status=dead }} He was again elected from Moulvibazar-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1991.{{cite web |title=Electoral Area Result Statistics |url=https://amarmp.com/election/result/electoral?seat_id=273 |website=Amarmp |accessdate=14 April 2020}} He was a parliamentary whip and a joint general secretary of the Awami League central Committee. At the time of his death Rahman was the Chairman of Moulvibazar Zila Parishad.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/BbcBangladeshSanglap/posts/671957766173070 |title=BBC Bangladesh Sanglap Series III Episode 71 will be recorded in Moulvibazar tomorrow |author=BBC Bangladesh Sanglap |date=2 May 2014 |website=Facebook}}

Death

Rahman died on 18 August 2020 in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital, due to COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.{{Cite news |title=Moulvibazar Zila Parishad chairman Azizur dies of COVID-19|url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/113810/articlelist/323/Cartoon|access-date=2024-07-02|date=18 August 2020|work=New Age|language=en}}

References

Category:1943 births

Category:2020 deaths

Category:Awami League politicians

Category:3rd Jatiya Sangsad members

Category:5th Jatiya Sangsad members

Category:Recipients of the Independence Award

Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh