Manzur Quader is a

Bangladeshi Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...

politician, retired major of

Bangladesh Army The Bangladesh Army is the land warfare branch and the largest component of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The primary mission of the Army is to provide necessary forces and capabilities to deliver the Bangladeshi government's security and def ...

, former minister of state and the former Member of Parliament of

Pabna-1 Pabna-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Shamsul Hoque Tuku of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Santhia Upazila, Bera Municipality, and four union pa ...

and

Sirajganj-6 Sirajganj-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2021 by Merina Jahan Kabita of the Awami League. Boundaries Sirajganj-6 constituency consists of Shahjadpur Upazila of Sirajganj district. ...

Career

Quader was elected to parliament from Pabna-1 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988. He was elected a member of parliament from

as a

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 ...

candidate in

February 1996 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 15 February 1996. They were boycotted by most opposition parties, and saw voter turnout drop to just 21%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Vo ...

. He was the Minister of State for Water Development from 3 March 1986 to 4 December 1990. He was elected a member of parliament from

as a

candidate in

2001 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 1 October 2001. The 300 single-seat constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad were contested by 1,935 candidates representing 54 parties and including 484 independents. The elections were the second to be ...

. He was defeated by participating in the national elections of the

1991 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 27 February 1991. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerged as the largest party in parliament, winning 140 of the 300 directly-elected seats. The BNP formed a government with the support of the I ...

from

as a Jatiya Party candidate. He was defeated by participating in the national elections of the 12 June 1996 Bangladeshi general election from

as a

candidate and

2008 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008. The two main parties in the election were the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Khaleda Zia, and the Bangladesh Awami League Party, led by Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Awa ...

from

as a

candidate. In June 2008, Quader was accused by the Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission of non distribution of 934 pieces of CI sheet which was meant for distribution among the distress people under the government relief programs. He was accused alongside 11 others in

Sirajganj Sirajganj ( bn, সিরাজগঞ্জ) is a city in north-western Bangladesh on the right bank of the Jamuna River. It is the administrative headquarters of Sirajganj District, and with a population of 167,200 is the fourteenth most populo ...

court. The case was however, stayed by the High Court and 50 persons who received the CI sheets filed civil suit praying for permanent injunction so that the aithority cannot remove CI sheets from their respective shops. The Court passed judgment, order and deree in 2010 in favour of the receivers of the CI sheets and as such the case filed by the ACC became totally ineffective and infractuous. "ACC presses charge against Manzur Quader", The Daily Star, 2 June 2008
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