GM Quader
Ghulam Muhammed Quader (known as GM Quader; born 24 February 1948)[1] is a Bangladeshi politician and the current chairperson of Jatiya Party. He is the incumbent 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.
GM Quader | |
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জি এম কাদের | |
Member of Parliament for Lalmonirhat-3 | |
Assumed office 7 January 2019 | |
Preceded by | Abu Saleh Mohammad Sayeed |
In office 6 January 2009 – 9 January 2014 | |
Preceded by | Asadul Habib Dulu |
Succeeded by | Abu Saleh Mohammad Sayeed |
In office 23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001 | |
Preceded by | Md. Riaz Uddin Ahmed |
Succeeded by | Asadul Habib Dulu |
Chairman of the Jatiya Party (Ershad) | |
Assumed office 14 July 2019 | |
Preceded by | Hussain Muhammad Ershad |
Minister of Commerce | |
In office 6 December 2011 – 5 January 2014 | |
Preceded by | Faruk Khan |
Succeeded by | Tofail Ahmed |
Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism | |
In office 6 January 2009 – 5 December 2011 | |
Preceded by | Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir |
Succeeded by | Faruk Khan |
Personal details | |
Born | Ghulam Muhammed Quader 24 February 1948 |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Jatiya Party |
Relatives | Hussain Muhammad Ershad (brother) Mozammel Hossain Lalu (brother) |
Alma mater | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology |
Website | gmquader |
Education and career
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.
Quader, presidium member of Jatiya Party (JP), held different important posts in several important ministries and organizations including 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.[3]
Quader was elected lawmaker with 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.
From 2016, he joined his elder brother, Hussain Muhammad Ershad group, who is the founder and chairman of Jatiya Party(E) had declared to make him the co-chairman of the party although his wife Rowshan Ershad, who is now leader of the opposition at the parliament, and her MPs are against his decision.
Family
Quader's elder brother, Hussain Muhammad Ershad, was the founding president of Jatiya Party and the former President of Bangladesh. [4] His other brother, Mozammel Hossain Lalu, was a politician and a banker.[5]
References
- "Constituency 18_11th_En". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- "List of 11th Parliament Members English". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- "Official Website of Ghulam Muhammed Quader". gmquader.com. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
- "GM Quader given charge to run JP". The Daily Star. 15 May 2010.
- "Ershad wants tomb on his grave". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2019-07-22.