Sayeed Iskander
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1953–2012)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Sayeed Iskander
|native_name = {{Nobold|সাঈদ ইস্কান্দার}}
|image =
|office = Member of Parliament
|term_start = 1 October 2001
|constituency = Feni-1
|term_end = 29 October 2006
|predecessor = Khaleda Zia
|successor = Khaleda Zia
|birth_date = {{birth date|1953|1|13|df=y}}
|birth_place = Dinajpur, East Bengal, Pakistan
|death_date = {{death date and age|2012|9|23|1953|1|13|df=y}}
|death_place = New York City, U.S.
|party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
| mother = Taiyaba Majumder
| relatives = Majumder–Zia family
|relations = Khaleda Zia (sister)
Ziaur Rahman (brother-in-law)
Tarique Rahman (nephew)
Arafat Rahman (nephew)
Shamim Iskander
Khurshid Jahan (sister)
Shahrin Islam Tuhin (nephew)
Masud Uddin Chowdhury (brother-in-law)
| allegiance = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| branch ={{army|Bangladesh}}
| serviceyears = 1975–1982
| battles =
| unit = East Bengal Regiment
| commands = *2IC of 12th East Bengal Regiment
- ADC to President
}}
Sayeed Iskander (13 January 1953 – 23 September 2012) was a Bangladeshi politician and army major. He was a member of the Bangladeshi parliament from 2001 to 2006, representing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from the Feni-1 constituency. He was the younger brother of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.{{cite news |title=Ex-MP Sayeed Iskander passes away |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-251065 |work=The Daily Star |date=24 September 2012 |access-date=19 December 2016}} Iskander was also the founding chairman of Islamic Television.
Early life
Sayeed Iskander was born on 13 January 1953 in Dinajpur. He belonged to a Bengali Muslim family with origins in Fulgazi, Feni District. He was the son of tea-businessman Iskandar Ali Majumder, who was in turn the son of Salamat Ali Majumdar, who was the son of Azgar Ali Majumdar, who was the son of Nahar Muhammad Khan, who was the son of Murad Khan, a 16th-century Pashtun immigrant.{{Cite news |url=https://www.jugantor.com/politics/15594/একনজরে-খালেদা-জিয়া |script-title=bn:একনজরে খালেদা জিয়া |work=Jugantor |date=8 February 2018 |language=bn |access-date=28 July 2019}}{{cite book |title=Bāṅmaẏa Bāṅgāli |language=bn |author=Z. A. Tofayell |year=1991 |publisher=Pān̐cagām̐o Prakāśanī |pages=5–6}} His mother, Taiyaba Majumder, was from Chandbari (now in Uttar Dinajpur District).{{Cite news |url=https://m.dailyinqilab.com/article/59471/খালেদা-জিয়ার-মায়ের-নবম-মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী-পালিত |script-title=bn:খালেদা জিয়ার মায়ের নবম মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী পালিত |newspaper=The Daily Inqilab |language=bn |access-date=7 August 2019 |date=19 January 2018}}
During his time as a student in 1969, Iskander was the general secretary of the Dinajpur unit of East Pakistan Student League. He went on to become the vice president of the Central Committee of the League.
Career
He joined the Bangladesh Army in 1975. He retired from the army in 1982 with the rank of major.
Iskander then joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, a political party founded by his brother-in-law President Ziaur Rahman. After his elder sister Khaleda Zia gave up her seat at the Feni-1 constituency, Iskander competed in a by-election in November 2001 and successfully won a seat in parliament.{{cite news |title=Khaleda's brother Sayeed Eskander dies |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/khaleda-s-brother-sayeed-eskander-dies |newspaper=bdnews25.com |date=23 September 2012 |access-date=15 June 2018}}
Death
He died from lung cancer on 23 September 2012 in New York, United States. He was buried in Banani Military Graveyard.{{cite news |title=Sayeed Iskander laid to rest |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-251410 |work=The Daily Star |date=27 September 2012 |access-date=19 December 2016}}
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