Rahgir Almahe Ershad (; born 1983), better known as Saad Ershad, is a Bangladeshi businessman and politician belonging to Jatiya Party. He is the former

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

member representing the Rangpur-3 constituency. His father

Hussain Muhammad Ershad Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi military officer, dictator and politician who served as President of Bangladesh, the president of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990. He seized power as a result of a 1982 ...

was a former president of Bangladesh and his mother

Rowshan Ershad Begum Rowshan Ershad (born 19 July 1943) is a Jatiya Party (Ershad), Jatiya Party politician from Bangladesh. She was the former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Mymensingh-4 constituency and the former Leader of the Opposition (Bangladesh), leader ...

is the current

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of the

. On 29 October 2019, he was appointed the joint secretary general of the Jatiya Party.

Early life and family

Ershad was born in 1983 to a

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family in Bangladesh with ancestral roots in

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(present-day India). His father,

, was a former

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. His paternal grandfather, Maqbul Hossain, was a lawyer and served as a minister of the erstwhile Maharaja of Cooch Behar.

Career

After the death of his father,

, on 14 July 2019, the Rangpur-3 constituency became vacant. Saad Ershad decided to contest by-poll election. Ershad collected nomination form on 3 September 2019. He was declared as a candidate of Jatiya Party on 8 September. His nomination paper was declared as valid 3 days later by

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. On 16 September, Rezaul Karim Razu of

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withdrew his nomination paper and Ershad was declared as the candidate of Grand Alliance in the by-poll. He was elected on 5 October at by-election, defeating his cousin Hossain Mokbul Shahriar.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ershad, Saad 1983 births Living people People from Rangpur District Politicians from Rangpur Division Jatiya Party (Ershad) politicians 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Wakil family Hussain Muhammad Ershad 21st-century Bangladeshi businesspeople