GM Quader explained

GM Quader
Native Name Lang:bn
Office1:7th Leader of the Opposition
Term Start1:28 January 2024
Term End1:6 August 2024
Primeminister1:Sheikh Hasina
Predecessor1:Rowshan Ershad
Office2:Member of Parliament
Term Start2:10 January 2024
Term End2:6 August 2024
Predecessor2:Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Constituency2:Rangpur-3
Term Start3:7 January 2019
Term End3:10 January 2024
Predecessor3:Abu Saleh Mohammad Sayeed
Constituency3:Lalmonirhat-3
Successor3:Motiar Rahman
Term Start4:6 January 2009
Term End4:9 January 2014
Predecessor4:Asadul Habib Dulu
Successor4:Abu Saleh Mohammad Sayeed
Constituency4:Lalmonirhat-3
Term Start6:23 June 1996
Term End6:15 July 2001
Predecessor6:Md. Riaz Uddin Ahmed
Successor6:Asadul Habib Dulu
Constituency6:Lalmonirhat-3
Term Start5:1 October 2001
Term End5:October 2006
Predecessor5:Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Successor5:Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Constituency5:Rangpur-3
Office7:2nd Chairman of Jatiya Party
Term Start7:14 July 2019
Leader7:Ghulam Muhammed Quader
Predecessor7:Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Successor7:Ghulam Muhammed Quader
Office8:Minister of Commerce
Term Start8:6 December 2011
Term End8:5 January 2014
Primeminister8:Sheikh Hasina
Predecessor8:Faruk Khan
Successor8:Tofail Ahmed
Office9:Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
Term Start9:6 January 2009
Term End9:5 December 2011
Primeminister9:Sheikh Hasina
Predecessor9:Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
Successor9:Faruk Khan
Party:Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Birth Name:Ghulam Muhammed Quader
Birth Date:24 February 1948
Birth Place:Rangpur City, East Bengal, Pakistan
Alma Mater:Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Spouse:Sharifa Quader

Ghulam Muhammed Quader (born 24 February 1948), better known as GM Quader, is a Bangladeshi politician and the 2nd chairperson of Jatiya Party[1] and Opposition Leader of Bangladesh Parliament.[1] He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Lalmonirhat-3 constituency.[2] He served as the Minister of Commerce and Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism from 2009 to 2014.

Early life and family

Quader was born on 24 February 1948 to a Bengali Muslim family of Rangpur City with roots in Dinhata. His parents were Mokbul Hossain and Majida Khatun.[3] Mokbul was a lawyer and served as a minister of the erstwhile Maharaja of Cooch Behar.[3] Quader had eight siblings including the former President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad,[4] banker Mozammel Hossain Lalu and Merina Rahman.[3] [5] [6] He is married to Sharifa Quader.[7]

Education

Quader completed his SSC and HSC from Rangpur Zilla School and Rangpur Carmichael College. He obtained his BSc in mechanical engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 1969.[8]

Career

Quader is the current chairman of the Jatiya Party (JP). Additionally, he held important posts in important ministries and organizations including the Ministry of Establishment, Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, Jamuna Oil Company and Bangladesh Tobacco Company (now British American Tobacco Bangladesh). He worked in the Ministry of Agriculture in Iraq as a mechanical engineer from 1976 to 1977.[9]

Quader was elected to parliament with a Jatiya Party ticket in the seventh parliamentary election and served as member of parliamentary standing committee on defence ministry. He was also elected as lawmaker in eighth parliamentary election and served as a member of standing committee on agriculture ministry.

Quader was elected to parliament from Lalmonirhat-3 on 7 January 2019 as a candidate of the Jatiya Party.[10] He received 149,641 votes while his nearest rival, Asadul Habib Dulu of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 80,225 votes.[11]

From 2016, he joined his elder brother, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who was the founder and chairman of the Jatiya Party. Ershad had declared to make Quader the co-chairman of the party although Ershad's wife Rowshan Ershad and her MPs were against the decision. In May 2019, Ershad appointed Quader acting chairman of Jatiya Party.[12] In July 2019, he became chairman of the party.[13] His leadership has been challenged by Bidisha Ershad, wife of Ershad, and Rowshan Ershad, another wife of Ershad and co-chairperson of the party.[14] [15] In light of the 12th National Elections, his political decisions are being subject to staunch criticisms by Saquib Rahman, Editor of Progress Magazine and Senior Lecturer of Law at North South University.[16] [17] [18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituency 18_11th_En. Bangladesh Parliament. 2019-07-22. 2021-11-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20211111181711/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3603. dead.
  2. Web site: Name of Opposition Leader of Parliament . Bangladesh Parliament.
  3. Web site: http://gmquader.com/গোলাম-মোহাম্মদ-কাদের-জি-এ/ . bn:গোলাম মোহাম্মদ কাদের (জি এম কাদের)- এর জীবন বৃত্তান্ত . gmquader.com . bn . 2019-04-15.
  4. News: Ghulam Muhammed Quader MP given charge to run JP . The Daily Star . 15 May 2010.
  5. News: Jatiya Party presidium member Bablu marries Ershad's niece . bdnews24.com . 2017-04-22 . 2019-08-27.
  6. News: Ershad wants tomb on his grave . bdnews24.com . 2019-07-22.
  7. News: GM Quader's wife Sharifa set to become Jatiya Party MP from a reserved seat . 2021-10-16 . bdnews24.com . 2021-10-13.
  8. Web site: bn:'বুয়েটে রাজনীতি করিনি, পাস করে বেরিয়ে রাজনীতিবিদ হয়েছি' . https://thedailycampus.com/engineering-university/139464/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%BF . 2024-04-02 . thedailycampus.com . bn.
  9. Web site: Official Website of Ghulam Muhammed Quader . gmquader.com . 2019-07-22.
  10. Web site: Ghulam Muhammed Quader - গোলাম মোহাম্মদ কাদের History . 2022-01-09 . Amarmp . en.
  11. Web site: 2018-11-25 . Lalmonirhat-3 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018 . 2022-01-09 . The Daily Star . en.
  12. News: Ershad appoints GM Quader as Jatiya Party acting chairman . 2022-01-09 . Bangla Tribune . en.
  13. News: 2019-07-18 . GM Quader new chairman of Jatiya Party . 2022-01-09 . The Business Standard . en.
  14. News: GM Quader 'self-declared chairman' of Jatiya Party: Bidisha Ershad - National . 2022-01-09 . The Daily Observer.
  15. News: 2019-07-23 . GM Quader refutes Rowshan's statement . 2022-01-09 . Dhaka Tribune.
  16. News: What changed G M Quader's mind? . 2023-12-08 . Dhaka Tribune . en.
  17. News: More than just the 'B-team'? . 2023-12-08 . Dhaka Tribune . en.
  18. News: Does the Jatiyo Party intend to be a real opposition? . 2023-12-08 . Dhaka Tribune . en.