Md. Ziaul Haque Mridha

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Ziaul Hoque Mridha

| office = Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)

| term_start = 2008

| term_end = 2018

| predecessor = Fazlul Haque Amini

| successor = Ukil Abdul Sattar Bhuiyan

| constituency = Brahmanbaria-2

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Md. Ziaul Haque Mridha ({{langx|bn|মোঃ জিয়াউল হক মৃধা}}) is a Jatiya Party politician and the former Member of Parliament from Brahmanbaria-2.{{cite news |title=Cultural diplomacy can strengthen India-Bangladesh relation, says MP Ziaul Haque |url=https://bdnews24.com/festival/2015/03/26/cultural-diplomacy-can-strengthen-india-bangladesh-relation-says-mp-ziaul-haq |accessdate=29 December 2018 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en}}

Early life

Mridha was born on 1 January 1952. He has a B.A. and a law degree.{{cite web |title=Advocate Md. Ziaul Haque Mridha -এডঃ মোঃ জিয়াউল হক মৃধা |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/695 |website=Amarmp |accessdate=29 December 2018 |language=en}}

Career

Mridha was elected to parliament in 2008 for the Brahmanbaria-2 constituency as a Jatiya Party candidate.{{cite web |title=Advocate Md. Ziaul Haque Mridha - History |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/695/history |website=Amarmp |access-date=29 December 2018 |language=en}} In the 2014 Bangladeshi general election, Sheuly Azad, the Awami League nominee for Brahmanbaria-2, withdrew on instructions from party leader Sheikh Hasina, so as to support the party's coalition partner, the Jatiya Party.{{cite news |last1=Mia |first1=Sujan |last2=Mito |first2=Ashiqur Rahman |date=12 February 2019|title=From homemaker to lawmaker |url=https://dailyasianage.com/news/163143/from-homemaker-to-lawmaker |work=The Asian Age |location=Bangladesh}} Mrida was re-elected on 5 January 2014. He did not receive the nomination for the 2018 election and contested it as an independent candidate.{{cite news |title=Independent candidate fined for using PM's image |url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/200481/independent-candidate-fined-for-using-pms-image |accessdate=29 December 2018 |work=The New Nation}}

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