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Kazi Nabil Ahmed

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Kazi Nabil Ahmed
কাজী নাবিল আহমেদ
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Jessore-3
In office
29 January 2014 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byKhaledur Rahman Tito
Personal details
Born (1969-10-04) 4 October 1969 (age 55)
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
ParentKazi Shahid Ahmed (father)
EducationM.Sc[1]
Alma materSt. Joseph Higher Secondary School
OccupationBusiness[1]

Kazi Nabil Ahmed (born 4 October 1969)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jessore-3 constituency during 2014–2024.[2][3] Ahmed is the Vice President of the Bangladesh Football Federation and the chairman of National Team's Committee as of December 2020.[4][5] He is a director of Gemcon Group.[6]

Early life

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Ahmed was born on 4 October 1969. He Ahmed passed secondary school from St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka. He went to USA for higher education.[1]

Career

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Ahmed served as the director of Kazi & Kazi Tea Estate Limited in 2003.[7]

Ahmed was the chairperson of National Teams Committee in 2012.[8]

Ahmed was elected to Parliament from Jessore-3 unopposed as an Awami League candidate in an election boycotted by all other major political parties.[9]

In 2016, Ahmed was the president of the Bangladesh Football Federation.[10] He was elected vice-president of the Bangladesh Football Federation in that year's election.[11]

Ahmed was nominated by Awami League to contest from Jessore-3 in 2018.[12] Ahmed was re-elected in the election. He got 361 thousand votes which is about 330 thousand more votes than his closest opponent, Anindya Islam Amit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who received 31 thousand votes.[13]

Ahmed is the director-in-charge of Abahani Limited Dhaka.[14] He stated that for the development of Bangladesh there was no alternative to Sheikh Hasina in January 2021 at a program in Jessore.[15] On 7 February 2021, he took the first COVID-19 vaccine in Jessore District and started the vaccination process.[16]

He has been missing since the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government on 5th August, 2024. His house, located in his native village in Jessore, was vandalized and set ablaze by locals.[17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Constituency 87_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Joyful Joy and Durjoy". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  3. ^ "MP Kazi Nabil hosts iftar party". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Day dismisses 'usual fake news'". The Daily Star. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Salahuddin wins BFF election". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Board of directors – Gemcon Group". Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  7. ^ "First organic tea launched". The Daily Star. 5 September 2003. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  8. ^ "NTC to be reorganised". The Daily Star. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  9. ^ Ahmed, Taib. "AL closer to majority before voting". New Age. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  10. ^ "4 national footballers suspended over disciplinary grounds". The Daily Star. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Salahuddin re-elected for third term". The Daily Star. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Kazi Nabil Ahmed gets Jessore-3 nomination". Bangla Tribune. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Jashore-3 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Abahani disappointed by AFC Cup exclusion". The Daily Star. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  15. ^ "MP Kazi Nabil: No alternative to Sheikh Hasina's leadership for development". Dhaka Tribune. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  16. ^ "MP Kazi Nabil takes first Covid-19 jab in Jessore". Dhaka Tribune. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  17. ^ "18 die at Zabeer International Hotel in Jashore after torching".