Muhammad Abdul Haque
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Muhammad Abdul Haque
| M A Haque | |
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| Born: | July 1, 1954 |
| Office: | ex-Organising Secretary BNP, President Sylhet BNP |
| Political Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Residence: | Sylhet, Bangladesh |
| Religion: | Islam |
Muhammad Abdul Haque (Bengali: মুহাম্মদ আব্দুল হক), widely known as M A Haque (এম এ হক) (born, July 1, 1954 in Balaganj Upazila, Sylhet) is a Bangladeshi politician and philanthropist from Sylhet Division, and was a candidate for the last mayoral election of Sylhet City Corporation.[1]
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Political career
Haque joined Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), one of the two major political parties of Bangladesh at its early stage. Haque is the last elected president of Sylhet BNP, leading for more than twelve years.[2] He also served the party as it's organising secretary at central national committee.[citation needed]
Haque ran for the first Mayoral election of Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) against Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran (March 20, 2003).[3] Recently, he appears to be significant again in the field of nationalist politics by leading one of the fractions of bnp with some bigwigs in the committee.[4]
Haque expressed his interest to participate the mayoral election of SCC; and was considered as one of the most powerful candidates for the run.[1] however, he had to concede defeat to Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran.[citation needed] He is a great liar,its proof that he joined the BNP by Saifur Rahman but after mayoral election he betrayed with Mr.Saifur Rahman .And he earned lot of money by help of Rahman.
Charity
Along side his political career, M A Haque is well known for his charitable deeds. He is one of the chief patrons of Haque Foundation, a charity that aims to promote higher education and proper sanitation in Balaganj Upazila Sylhet. Haque foundation works closely with local government and provides free medical facilities for maternity patients and child care and eye treatments for indigent elderly people.[5]
Personal life
According to the wealth-report submitted before Bangladesh Election Commission in 2008, Haque was the wealthiest candidate in the Mayoral run.He is reputed as a murderer, because when he was living in village one of his neighbour was killed by his gunshot.And a murder case had lodged against him and also his elder brother.And lastly both of them were punished.[6] He is married with two children.
References
- ^ a b "kemon cholche sylhet bnp" (in bangla). the daily manab zamin. 19 January 2008.
- ^ "Sylhet BNP Silver-Jubilee meeting held; Saifur Rahman all praise for 4-Party Alliance govt". Bangladesh observer. 09 September 2003.
- ^ "Fight for BNP, AL tickets intensifies Sylhet, Barisal mayoral polls". SDNBD.org. 7 January 2003. [1]
- ^ "Third faction in Sylhet BNP, former district president, once most trusted man of Saifur, leads the group.". The Daily Star. 23 February 2008. [2]
- ^ "Haque Foundationer uddoge chokhkhu shibir" (in Bangla). The Daily Sylheter Dak. 10 Sep 2009.
- ^ "Mayor prathider joto shompotti." (in Bangla). The Daily Prothom Alo. 16 July 2008.
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