Mozammel Hossain Lalu ( bn, মোজাম্মেল হোসেন লালু; 1942 – 1 September 2014) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was elected a

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 from

Kurigram-3 Kurigram-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by MA Matin of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Ulipur Upazila. History The constituency was created in ...

constituency winning the September 1996 by-election.

Early life and family

Lalu was born in the early 1940s to a

Bengali Muslim Bengali Muslims ( bn, বাঙালি মুসলমান; ) are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising about two-thirds of the global Bengali population, they are the sec ...

family with roots in

Dinhata Dinhata is a city and a municipality in Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Dinhata subdivision. Dinhata is known for arranging best Durga Puja in North Bengal. Dinhata is famous for Sastho Mel ...

in present-day

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

. His parents were Mokbul Hossain and Majida Khatun. Mokbul was a lawyer and served as a minister of the erstwhile

Maharaja of Cooch Behar Cooch Behar, also known as Koch Bihar, was a princely state in India during the British Raj. The state was placed under the Bengal States Agency, part of the Eastern States Agency of the Bengal Presidency. It is located south of the Him ...

. Lalu had eight siblings including the former

President of Bangladesh The president of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের রাষ্ট্রপতি — ) officially the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশে ...

Hussain Muhammad Ershad Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad ( bn, হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ; 1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi Army Chief politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990, a time ma ...

, politician

GM Quader Ghulam Muhammed Quader ( bn, গোলাম মোহাম্মদ কাদের; born 24 February 1948), better known as GM Quader, is a Bangladeshi politician and the current chairperson of Jatiya Party. He is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad ...

and

Merina Rahman Merina Rahman ( bn, মেরিনা রহমান; b. 18 October 1943) is a Bangladeshi Jatiya Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from Reserved Women's Seat. She is the sister of former President of Bangladesh, Hussain Moham ...

. Lalu's son, Hossain Mokbul Shahriar, is a former Jatiya Sangsad member from

Rangpur-1 Rangpur-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Moshiur Rahman Ranga of the Jatiya Party (Ershad). Boundaries The constituency encompasses Gangachhara Upazila and wards 1 through ...

Career

Lalu served as the assistant general manager of the state-run

Janata Bank Janata Bank Ltd. ( bn, জনতা ব্যাংক লিমিটেড) is a state-owned commercial bank of Bangladesh established in 1972. Its headquarters is situated at Motijheel in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It is the secon ...

. Following the arrest of his elder brother

in 1990, Lalu founded and chaired the Free Ershad Council. Lalu was also the cooperative advisor for the Jatiya Party's Central Committee.

References

2014 deaths Jatiya Party (Ershad) politicians 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 1942 births Bangladeshi people of Indian descent People from Cooch Behar district 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis {{Rangpur-politician-stub