A. S. M. Feroz ( bn, আ. স. ম. ফিরোজ) is a

Bangladesh Awami League Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

politician, the incumbent Member of Parliament from

Patuakhali-2 Patuakhali-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by ASM Feroz of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Bauphal Upazila. History The constituency was created f ...

and former Chief Whip of the Bangladeshi parliament.

Early life

Feroz was born on 1 February 1952. He has a M.A. degree in history from

Brojomohun College Govt. Brojomohun College, Barisal (also BM College) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Bangladesh. It is located in the city of Barisal in south-western Bangladesh. History On June 14, 1889, Aswini Kumar Dutta founded Brojo ...

. He is a veteran of the

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Career

Feroz was first elected to parliament in 1979 during the tenure of President and military chief

Ziaur Rahman Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup d' ...

. He joined the Bangladesh Awami League in 1986. He was elected to Parliament in 1986 as an independent candidate. He was elected to Parliament from Patuakhali-2 in 2008 and 2014 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Awami League. He served in the 9th Jatiya Sangsad as the whip and was appointed the

chief whip The Chief Whip is a political leader whose task is to enforce the whipping system, which aims to ensure that legislators who are members of a political party attend and vote on legislation as the party leadership prescribes. United Kingdom ...

in the 10th Jatiya Sangsad. Feroz owns M/S Patuakhali Jute Mills which has 260 million taka in outstanding loans from

Sonali Bank Sonali Bank Limited ( bn, সোনালী ব্যাংক লিমিটেড) is the principal state-owned leading public commercial bank in Bangladesh. It is the largest bank in the country. Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui is the chairman of the ...

. The Bank rescheduled the loan so that he could stand for elections in 2018. He was re-elected from Patuakhali-2 with 185,783 votes while his nearest rival, Salma Alam of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 5,660 votes. In July 2020, Feroz was removed from the post of Director of

Mercantile Bank Limited The Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, later Mercantile Bank Ltd (), was an Anglo-Indian bank with business focus in the Far East. It was founded in Bombay in 1853 as the Mercantile Bank of Bombay; and later in 1857 was renamed to Mer ...

over his defaulted loans by

Bangladesh Bank Bangladesh Bank ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক) is the central bank of Bangladesh and is a member of the Asian Clearing Union. It is fully owned by the Government of Bangladesh. The bank is active in developing green banki ...

. In February 2021, 10 people were injured in clashes between supporters of Feroz and Ziaul Haque Jewel, mayor of Baufal Municipality Mayor.

References

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