Quazi Kamal

Quazi Salimul Haq Kamal (known as Quazi Kamal) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Magura-2 constituency.[1] He is the founder of GQ Group of Industries, a manufacturing based organization in Bangladesh.[2] He has been imprisoned since February 2018 for a 10-year sentence in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.[3]

Quazi Kamal
কাজী কামাল
Member of Parliament
for Magura-2
In office
1994 – June 1996
Preceded byMohammad Asaduzzaman
Succeeded byBiren Sikder
In office
28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006
Succeeded byBiren Sikder
Personal details
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Career

Kamal was elected in parliament from Magura-2 in the 1994 by-election as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).[4] In 2001 he was elected again from the same constituency. He was appointed as the president of Magura District unit of the party.[5]

On 10 August 2016, Kamal resigned from the executive committee of BNP over the inclusion of Nitai Roy Chowdhury in the committee.[6]

Kamal, along with the former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman, Mominur Rahman, Kamal Uddin Siddique and Sharfuddin Ahmed, were sentenced to imprisonment in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case on 8 February 2018.[7][8]

References
  1. "Lawyer says Khaleda will challenge graft conviction in High Court". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. "Businessman, ex-MP Kamal leaves BNP protesting 'shady figures' in key posts". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  3. Biswas, Prokash; bdnews24.com. "Khaleda committed state financial crime by embezzling Zia Orphanage Trust fund: Court". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  4. "Party men demand punishment of ex-BNP MP in Magura". The Daily Star. 2007-09-25. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  5. "Magura's Quazi Kamal also quits BNP committee". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  6. "Quazi Kamal quits BNP executive committee". clickittefaq.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. "Khaleda Zia jailed for five years in corruption case". Daily News. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  8. "Khaleda Zia jailed for five years in corruption case". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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