Kazi Nabil Ahmed (born 4 October 1969) 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 and the incumbent

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

member representing the Jessore-3 constituency since 2014. Ahmed is the current vice president of the

Bangladesh Football Federation Bangladesh Football Federation (, ''Bānlādēśa phuṭabala phēḍārēśana'') is the governing body that administrates the sport of association football in Bangladesh. It is in charge of running the country's men's and women's national tea ...

and the chairman of National Team's Committee as of December 2020. He is a Director of Gemcon Group.

Early life

Ahmed was born on 4 October 1969. He has a Masters of Science degree.

Career

Ahmed served as the director of Kazi & Kazi Tea Estate Limited in 2003. Ahmed was the chairperson of National Teams Committee in 2012. Ahmed was elected to Parliament from Jessore-3 unopposed as an Awami League candidate in an election boycotted by all major political parties. In 2016, Ahmed was the President of

. He was elected Vice-President of Bangladesh Football Federation in that years election. Ahmed was nominated by Awami League to contest from Jessore-3 in 2018. 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 The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

, who received 31 thousand votes. Ahmed is the director-in-charge of

Abahani Limited Dhaka Abahani Limited Dhaka ( bn, ঢাকা আবাহনী লিমিটেড), also referred as Dhaka Abahani or Abahani Limited, is a Bangladeshi professional Association football, football club based in the Dhanmondi area of Dhaka, Ban ...

. He stated that for the development of Bangladesh there was no alternative to

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...

in January 2021 at a program in Jessore. On 7 February 2021, he took the first COVID-19 vaccine in Jessore District and started the vaccination process.

References

Living people 1969 births Bangladeshi businesspeople Awami League politicians 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members {{Khulna-politician-stub