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1996-2011 , education = Obaidul Quader (born 1 January 1950) is a Bangladeshi politician who has been General Secretary of the

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since October 2016. He has served as the

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since December 2011 and a

representing

Noakhali-5 Noakhali-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Obaidul Quader of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Companiganj and Kabirhat upazilas. History The con ...

constituency since January 2009. He is a media adviser for the Awami League and regularly conducts press conferences on their behalf.{{cite web, url=http://www.cabinet.gov.bd/site/page/7776684d-66c7-4236-8231-ac98f285b475, title=Hon'ble Ministers, publisher=Government of Bangladesh, access-date=17 March 2015 He was the State Minister of Youth, Sports and Cultural Affairs from 1996 to 2001.{{Cite news, date=2016-10-23, title=Obaidul Quader: At a glance, newspaper=The Daily Star, url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/obaidul-quader-glance-1303048, access-date=2016-10-24

Early life and education

Obaidul Quader was born on 1 January 1950 to Begum Fazilatunnesa (d. 2018){{Cite news , url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/35602/begum-fazilatunnesa-dies, title=Begum Fazilatunnesa dies, work=New Age, language=en, date=2018-02-27, access-date=2019-06-27 in Bara Rajapur village, Companiganj Upazila in

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. He has three brother and six sisters including Abdul kader Mirza, the incumbent mayor of Basurhat municipality in Companiganj, Noakhali. He completed his matriculation with a first division from

Basurhat A. H. C. Government High School Basurhat A. H. C. Government High School is a secondary school located in Basurhat municipality, Companiganj Upazila, Noakhali District, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South ...

and HSC from

Noakhali Government College Noakhali Government College is a public college in Noakhali, Bangladesh established in 1963. The college is affiliated with National University. History Noakhali Government College was founded on 1 March 1963. It was nationalize in 1968. The c ...

Career

Quader was involved in politics since his college life. In 1966, he played an active role during the

Six point movement The six point movement was a movement in East Pakistan, spearheaded by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which called for greater autonomy for East Pakistan. The movement's main agenda was to realize the six demands put forward by a coalition of Bengali na ...

. He was also active in the Mass Upsurge and the Eleven-Point Movement in 1969. After 1975, Qader was imprisoned for two and a half years. While in prison, he was elected President of the central committee of

Bangladesh Chhatra League The Bangladesh Chhatra League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ছাত্রলীগ; translation: Bangladesh Students' League; BSL), formerly known as the East Pakistan Student League, often simply called the Chhatra League, is a students' po ...

and he remained so for two consecutive terms. He worked as the assistant editor of the newspaper in '' Daily Banglar Bani'' for a long time. Quader was elected as a Member of Parliament from the constituency

in the parliamentary elections of 12 June 1996. He was State Minister of Youth, Sports, and Cultural Affairs from 23 June 1996 to 15 July 2001, and he was first senior joint general secretary of the

from 26 December 2002 to 26 July 2009. He was arrested on 9 March 2007 by the

Caretaker government of Bangladesh The Caretaker Government of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশের তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকার) was a form of government in which Bangladesh used to be ruled by a selected government for an interim period du ...

and remained in prison for 17 months and 26 days before he was released on bail on 5 September 2008. On 5 December 2011, Quader was appointed as Minister of Communication. He was elected as a member of parliament on 5 January 2014, from the constituency Noakhali-5 for the third time in the 10th parliamentary election. He became the General Secretary of Awami League in October 2016 at the 20th council of the party. Quader retains the general secretary post in Awami League’s 22nd national council for 3rd consecutive terms.{{Cite web , last=https://www.risingbd.com , title=Sheikh Hasina, Obaidul Quader re-elected AL president, GS , url=https://www.risingbd.com/english/politics/news/92154 , access-date=2022-12-24 , website=Risingbd Online Bangla News Portal , language=en

Works

Quader authored the following books: * ''Bangladesh: A Revolution Betrayed'' (1976) * ''Bangladesher Hridoy Hote'' * ''Pakistaner Karagare Bangabandhu'' * ''Ei Bijoyer Mukut Kothai'' * ''Teen Somudrer Deshe'' * ''Meghe Meghe Onek Bela'' * ''Rochona Somogro'' * ''Karagare Lekha Onusmriti : Je Kotha Bola Hoyni'' * ''Nirbachito Column'' * ''Gangchil''

Personal life

.{{cite news , url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/obaidul-quader-glance-1303048 , title=Obaidul Quader: At a glance , work=The Daily Star , date=23 October 2016 , access-date=23 October 2016

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