Reza Ali
{{short description|Bangladeshi politician (1940–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Reza Ali
| native_name = রেজা আলী
| image = Reza Ali in New Delhi in October 2012.jpg
| caption = Ali in 2012
| constituency_MP = Mymensingh-7
| term_start = 25 January 2009
| term_end = 24 January 2014
| predecessor = Abdul Matin Sarkar
| successor = M. A. Hannan
| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|04|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sylhet, Assam Province, British India (now Bangladesh)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|02|13|1940|04|10|df=y}}
| death_place = Singapore
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| education = Aitchison College
St. Gregory's High School
| alma_mater = University of Dhaka
}}
Reza Ali ({{langx|bn|রেজা আলী}}; 10 April 1940 – 13 February 2023) was a Bangladeshi politician, businessman and lawyer. He served as a member of the Jatiya Sangsad, representing the Awami League in the Mymensingh-7 constituency from 2009 to 2014.
Early life
Ali was born on 10 April 1940 to Tafazzal Ali and Sarah Khatun Chowdhury in his maternal home in Sylhet. His father became the Minister for Health of the East Pakistan government in 1947 and later the Minister of Revenue. He then became the minister of commerce of the-then Pakistan central government. Later, he became the Ambassador of Pakistan to Egypt.
Career
Ali was elected to parliament from Mymensingh-7 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2008. Ali was an entrepreneur, having pioneered the advertising industry in Bangladesh & also one of the first to enter Bangladesh's garment manufacturing and export business.
Personal life and death
Ali died in Singapore on 13 February 2023, at the age of 82.{{cite news |title=Veteran politician Reza Ali passes away |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/veteran-politician-reza-ali-passes-away-3246476 |access-date=13 February 2023 |work=The Daily Star |date=13 February 2023}} He was married to Nayeema Ali and had three children; Miran Ali, Sarah Ali and Mishal Ali.{{cite news|title=রেজা আলী ও সৈয়দ ইকবালের জন্মদিন পালন|work=The Bangla Mail|language=bn|date=April 2023}}
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Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:Awami League politicians
Category:People from Mymensingh District
Category:Politicians from Mymensingh Division
Category:Aitchison College alumni
Category:University of Dhaka alumni
Category:St. Gregory's High School and College alumni
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