Nizam Uddin Hazari () is an

Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people. The adjective appears in the following proper names: *Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan *Awami Front, wa ...

politician and member of parliament from

Feni-2 Feni-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Nizam Uddin Hazari of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Feni Sadar Upazila. History The constituency was c ...

Early life

Uddin was born on 1 January 1966. He has a B.com degree. His mother was Dil Afroze Begum and his father was Zainal Abedin.

Career

Uddin started politics while he was a student of Chittagong Govt. Commerce College. In the 1990s Uddin worked under

AJM Nasir Uddin Abu Jafar Mohammad Nasir Uddin aka A J M Nasir Uddin ( bn, আ জ ম নাসির উদ্দিন; born 1 January 1957) is a Bangladeshi politician and former Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation. He is also the vice president of Bangla ...

in Chittagong. Uddin was sentenced to jail on an arms case on 22 March 1992. He returned to Feni in 1997 to work under

Joynal Hazari Joynal Abedin Hazari (24 August 1945 – 27 December 2021) was a Bangladeshi politician who was a member of the Bangladesh Awami League and served as a member of Jatiya Sangsad, representing the Feni-2 constituency. He won election in 1986, 199 ...

. On 16 August 2000, a court in Chittagong sentenced Uddin to ten years imprisonment on an arms case. He was released after serving five years in jail. He had appealed against the verdict with Bangladesh High Court and Bangladesh Supreme Court. Uddin was mayor of Feni in 2011. Uddin was elected to parliament from

in 2014 unopposed as the election was boycotted by all major political parties. He resigned from the post of Mayor of Feni to participate in the election. In May 2014, Ekramul Haque, Chairperson of

Fulgazi Upazila Fulgazi ( bn, ফুলগাজী), also spelt Phulgazi, is an upazila of the Feni District, located in Bangladesh's Chittagong Division. It is best known as the home upazila of Khaleda Zia, a former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. History In ci ...

, was assassinated. All of the accused were followers of Uddin. Uddin and Joynal Hazari blamed each other over the murder. According to The Daily Star, Uddin is believed to be behind the murder but he was not charged in case. On 8 June 2014, Bangladesh High Court issued a ruling asking the Election Commission, Government of Bangladesh, and Uddin to explain why his parliamentary membership should not be cancelled due to his conviction in the arms case. Two subsequent benches of Bangladesh High Court said they were "too embarrassed" to hear the case and it was delayed. Hearing in the case over Uddin's parliamentary seat began on 19 June 2016 under justices Md Emdadul Huq and Md Iqbal Kabir who deferred the verdict. On 2 March 2018, Justice Md Abu Zafor Siddique gave a verdict in favor of Uddin that allowed him to keep his parliamentary seat. In January 2017, Uddin sued the editor,

Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury (1 April 1949) is a Bangladeshi journalist and editor of ''The Daily Observer''. He served as the Media and Information Affairs advisor to Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina for almost 5 years. Career Iqbal Sobhan ...

, of the Daily Observer over a report in the newspaper that described him as a drug lord. In November 2017, Bangladesh Nationalist Party alleged Uddin of being responsible for an attack on the convoy of Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister and Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Uddin was re-elected in 2018 from Feni-2 as a candidate of Awami League. He is Trustee Board member of Feni University. Uddin visited Feni jail without permission and violating rules numerous times in 2019 to visit imprisoned Jubo League leaders.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hazari, Nizam Uddin Living people People from Feni District Awami League politicians 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Place of birth missing (living people) 1966 births