S.M. Abul Kalam Azad

{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = S.M. Abul Kalam Azad

| office1 = Member of Parliament

| constituency1 = Dhaka-17

| term_start1 = 9 January 2014

| term_end1 = 7 January 2019

| predecessor1 = Hussain Muhammad Ershad

| successor1 = Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|11|1|df=y}}

|birth_place = Chittagong, East Pakistan

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Front

}}

S.M. Abul Kalam Azad (born 1 November 1954) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Front politician and a former Member of Parliament from Dhaka-17.

Early life

Azad was born in 1954. He has completed M.S.S. in political science.{{cite web |title=S.M. Abul Kalam Azad Biography |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/610/biography |website=Amarmp}}

Career

Azad was elected to Parliament from Dhaka-17 in 2014 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Front candidate.{{cite web |title=S.M. Abul Kalam Azad History |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/610/history |website=Amarmp |accessdate=2 August 2018}} His constituency, Dhaka-17, had the lowest voter turnout in the 2014 elections at 6.4 percent.{{cite news |title=Local observer group sees 30pc turnout |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/local-observer-group-sees-30pc-turnout-5794 |accessdate=2 August 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=7 January 2014 |language=en}} He is the coordinator of Bangladesh Nationalist Front.{{cite news |title=Leaders of 4 parties give speeches on BTV |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/leaders-of-4-parties-give-speeches-on-btv-5071 |accessdate=2 August 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=2 January 2014 |language=en}}

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