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Sheikh
Razzaque Ali, MP
Shaikh
Razzaque Ali is a former Speaker of the Bangladesh
Jatiya Sangsad. Before that he was the Minister of State
for Law and Parliamentary Affairs in the BNP government
in 1991. Basically a teacher of law, Shaikh Razzaque Ali
also has a thriving legal practice. Born in 1928 in
Khulna, he did his Masters in Economics and took the Law
degree in 1952. He worked for a brief period as the
Chief Staff Reporter of the former Pakistan Observer.
Thereafter, he joined the Khulna Bar.
In 1954 he obtained another Masters degree, this
time in Bengali Literature.
Shaikh
Razzaque Ali was both President and Secretary of the
Khulna Bar Association. He was Principal of the Khulna
Law College and a founder member of the Sunderban Degree
College and Paikgacha College. He joined politics in
1959 and was a member of the National Executive
Committee of NAP (Bhashani).
He has been elected to the Parliament four times.
Shaikh Razzaque Ali worked as Vice- President of the
Inter-Parliamentary Union for five years and was elected
a member of the CPA Executive Committee of Asia Region.
He is a member of the National Standing Committee of
the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He is a founder member
of the Party. Presently an advocate of the Supreme
Court, Shaikh Razzaque Ali has visited more than 30
countries and has led many Parliamentary Delegations.
Mr. Rahmat Ali, MP
Advocate
Rahmat Ali has been a Member of Parliament since 1991.
He was inducted into politics from his early years in
college as a member of Awami League’s Student Wing,
the Bangladesh Chatra League. He was also the former
President of the Bangladesh Krishak League.
He
was a freedom fighter during our Liberation War. He is
the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on
the Ministry of Home Affairs and is a member of the
Rules of Procedure Committee of the Bangladesh
Parliament as well as of the Public Administration
Reforms Commission.
One of his most notable achievements in recent years,
as the Chairman of the Local Government Commission, has
been the formulation of the organisation, structure and
procedures of the Upazila and Union Parishads, where,
apart from other novel ideas, very effective and
innovative steps towards empowerment of women in the
Upazilla and Union levels have been taken. Mr. Rahmat
Ali is married and has three children.
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