Hossain Toufique Imam
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1939–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hossain Toufique Imam
| native_name = হোসেন তৌফিক ইমাম
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Hossain Toufique Imam.jpg
| caption = Imam in 2016
| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|1|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bengal Presidency, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|3|4|1939|1|15|df=y}}
| death_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| children = Tanveer Imam
}}
Hossain Toufique Imam (15 January 1939 – 4 March 2021) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and political advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh.{{cite news |title=Pak's ISI Suspected Of Link To Bangladesh Attack: Top Official To NDTV |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/paks-isi-suspected-of-link-to-bangladesh-attack-top-official-to-ndtv-1427408|work=NDTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111150223/https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/paks-isi-suspected-of-link-to-bangladesh-attack-top-official-to-ndtv-1427408 |accessdate=22 December 2016|archive-date=11 November 2023 }} His rank was equivalent to a cabinet minister.{{cite web |title=H.E. Hossain Toufique IMAM Opening speech |url=http://www.tasam.org/Files/Icerik/File/Hossain%20Toufique%20IMAM-%20A%C3%A7%C4%B1%C5%9F-%20EN.pdf_8d9ecadb-587e-435f-b78e-5b014226166e.pdf |website=tasam.org |access-date=22 December 2016}}
Early life
Imam was born on 15 January 1939. He completed a B.A. in economics from Rajshahi University and an M.A. in economics from Dhaka University. He completed a post graduate diploma from London School of Economics in development administration.{{cite web |title=H.T. Imam |url=http://icwadelhi.info/icwalive/images/CVHTImam.pdf |website=icwadelhi.info |publisher=Indian Council of World Affairs |access-date=22 December 2016 |archive-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213100143/http://icwadelhi.info/icwalive/images/CVHTImam.pdf |url-status=dead}}
Career
HT Imam was a key figure during the Liberation War, he served as the cabinet secretary in the Mujibnagar government; the first administrative body dedicated to envisioning an independent Bangladesh.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-04 |title=HT Imam passes away |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/politics/ht-imam-passes-away-210598 |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}} He was the political advisor to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh. He blamed the Inter Service Intelligence for facilitating the July 2016 Dhaka attack.{{cite web |title=Pakistan financially supporting terrorist groups in India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh |url=http://www.merinews.com/article/pakistan-financially-supporting-terrorist-groups-in-india-afghanistan-and-bangladesh/15918480.shtml |website=merinews.com |access-date=22 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807155817/http://www.merinews.com/article/pakistan-financially-supporting-terrorist-groups-in-india-afghanistan-and-bangladesh/15918480.shtml |archive-date=7 August 2016}}{{cite news |title=Dhaka killers ideantified to be from elite schools, one was son of ruling party official |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/dhaka-killers-ideantified-to-be-from-elite-schools-one-was-son-of-ruling-party-official/articleshow/53041776.cms |work=The Economic Times |access-date=22 December 2016}}
Personal life
Imam's son, Tanveer Imam, was elected to parliament from Sirajganj-4 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Awami League in January 2014.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/infighting-grips-al-grassroots-55052 |title=Infighting grips AL grassroots |date=13 December 2014 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=13 March 2018 |language=en}}
Death
Imam died on 4 March 2021 at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka, after suffering from age-related problems coupled with kidney complications.{{Cite news |title=HT Imam, political adviser to prime minister, dies aged 82 |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/ht-imam-political-adviser-to-prime-minister-dies-aged-82 |access-date=2021-03-04 |work=bdnews24.com |date=4 March 2021}}
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Category:University of Rajshahi alumni
Category:University of Dhaka alumni
Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics
Category:Awami League politicians
Category:Secretaries of the Cabinet (Bangladesh)
Category:Rajshahi College alumni
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