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Vorlage:Infobox officeholder Kazi Zafar Ahmed (Vorlage:IPAc-en; 1 July 1939[1]Vorlage:Snd27 August 2015)[2] was a Bangladeshi politician of the Jatiya Party,[3] who was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1989 to 1990.[4]

Early life

Ahmed was born in 1939,[5] in Cheora Chauddagram Upazila in Comilla, British India (now Bangladesh).[6] He was originally a student leader at the Dhaka University.[5] He has a M.A. degree in history from University of Dhaka.[7]

Political career

Ahmed was a student leader who was Maoist politician. From 1962 to 1963 he served as the General Secretary of the East Pakistan Chattra Union. In 1966 he joined the Maoist Communist Party and became a labour leader, mainly concentrating in organising the workers in the Tongi industrial area.[5] During the Bangladesh Liberation war he worked for Mujibnagar government.[8]

After independence, he joined the National Awami Party of Maulana Bhashani and became its Secretary General. he supported the ideology of Islamic socialism by Maulana Bhashani.[9] He declared that he would form a responsible opposition party. Later he formed the United Peoples' Party (UPP) in 1974 with Captain Abdul Halim Chowdhury.[5] He worked with the People’s Democratic Party under President Ziaur Rahman after he assumed the presidency through a referendum.[5] Ahmed became Minister of Education.[5]

Ahmed also played a leading role in the anti military role of President Hussain Muhammad Ershad. But the period since 1975 in Bangladesh witnessed realignment of politics and leaders leaving their old parties and joining new ones. Ahmed dissolved his UPP and joined President Ershad's Jatiya Party.[10] On 3 July 1985 he was made the a Minister in the cabinet of President Ershad.[11] Ershad on the 3 March 1988 made Ahmed the deputy Prime Minister under Prime Minister Moudud Ahmed.[10] He defended the decision of Ershad to make Islam the state religion of Bangladesh as move against fundamentalism on 6 June 1988.[12] He served in the Ershad Government as Minister of Commerce.[13] In August 1989 he was appointed Prime Minister replacing Moudud Ahmed who was made Vice-President.[14] He served as the Prime Minister from August 1989 to 6 December 1990.[13] He fled to India after Ershad resigned from power.[13] He became known as Sugar Zafar for his role in the theft of a sugar shipment.[15] Ahmed criticised Ershad for joining the Bangladesh Awami League government in 1997 and created his own party called Jatiya Dal,[16] which joined the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Ershad was imprisoned since he lost power and was freed in 1996 after Bangladesh Awami League came to power.[17]

Ahmed was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a Dhaka court on November 1999 on corruption charges related to the misappropriation of funds meant for an orphanage.[15][13] He moved to Australia and successfully applied for asylum.[13] In Australia he was able to access government disability pension for the treatment of his kidney.[15] John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, called an inquiry into how Ahmed was able to secular asylum.[15] Ahmed competed in the 2008 Bangladesh General Election from the Comilla-11.[18] Ahmed, the presidium member of Jatiya Party, criticised Ershad for agreeing to join the 2014 Bangladesh election organised by Bangladesh Awami League led coalition government.[19] On 5 May 2013 he went on the stage at a Hefajat-e Islam rally in Motijheel.[20] In 2013 he was suspended from Jatiya Party by Ershad and a few hours later Ahmed tried to expel Ershad from the Jatiya Party,[21] after which he formed his own fraction of Jatiya Party.[22] Golam Moshi joined the Ahmed fraction of Jatiya Party.[23]In January 2014 he joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led 20-party alliance with his fraction of Jatiya Party.[2][22]

Personal life

Ahmed was married to Mamtaz Begum. They had three daughters, Kazi Sonia Ahmed, Kazi Jaya Ahmed, and Kazi Runa Ahmed.[24]

Death

Ahmed died on 27 August 2015 in United Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[5]

References

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  1. ↑ https://www.jugantor.com/old/current-news/2015/08/27/314574
  2. ↑ a b Jatiya Party leader Kazi Zafar passes away. The Daily Star, 27. August 2015, abgerufen am 27. August 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.banglanews24.com: Kazi Zafar Ahmed passes away. In: www.banglanews24.com. Abgerufen am 16. Februar 2018 (englisch).
  4. ↑ Kazi Zafar Ahmed passes away. In: bssnews.net. BSS, abgerufen am 16. Februar 2018 (englisch).
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g Jatiya Party faction leader Kazi Zafar Ahmed dies at the age of 76. In: bdnews24.com. Abgerufen am 15. Februar 2018.
  6. ↑ Kazi Zafar's birthday today. The New Nation-Bangladeshi's Independent News Source, 1. Juli 2008, abgerufen am 20. April 2010.
  7. ↑ The Daily Sun: Remembering Kazi Zafar Ahmed | daily sun In: Daily Sun. Abgerufen am 16. Februar 2018 (englisch). 
  8. ↑ Harris M. Lentz: Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge, 2014, ISBN 978-1-134-26497-1 (englisch, google.com).
  9. ↑ The declining left - Bangladesh expects more In: The Daily Star, 6. Februar 2017. Abgerufen am 15. Februar 2018 (englisch). 
  10. ↑ a b Syedur Rahman: Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4 (englisch, google.com).
  11. ↑ AP: AROUND THE WORLD; Bangladesh Appoints 7 Ministers to Cabinet In: The New York Times, 4. Juli 1985. Abgerufen am 17. Februar 2018 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
  12. ↑ Hussin Mutalib, Taj ul-Islam Hashmi: Islam, Muslims and the Modern State: Case-Studies of Muslims in Thirteen Countries. Springer, 2016, ISBN 978-1-349-14208-8, S. 116 (englisch, google.com).
  13. ↑ a b c d e Safe haven here for corrupt ex-Bangladeshi PM. The Sydney morning Herald, 13. Juni 2003, abgerufen am 20. April 2010.
  14. ↑ Ian Preston: A Political Chronology of Central, South and East Asia. Psychology Press, 2001, ISBN 978-1-85743-114-8, S. 22 (englisch, google.com).
  15. ↑ a b c d Bangladesh ex-PM in refugee row, The BBC, 13 June 2003. Abgerufen im 20 April 2010 
  16. ↑ Arthur S. Banks, Alan J. Day, Thomas C. Muller: Political Handbook of the World 1998. Springer, 2016, ISBN 978-1-349-14951-3, S. 75 (englisch, google.com).
  17. ↑ Ali Riaz: Bangladesh: A Political History since Independence. I.B.Tauris, 2016, ISBN 978-1-78672-075-7 (englisch, google.com).
  18. ↑ EC in deep soup as court clears more JS polls candidates In: The Daily Star, 19. Dezember 2008. Abgerufen am 16. Februar 2018 (englisch). 
  19. ↑ Ershad back-flips In: The Daily Star, 4. Dezember 2013. Abgerufen am 16. Februar 2018 (englisch). 
  20. ↑ Aim was to oust govt In: The Daily Star, 22. Mai 2013. Abgerufen am 16. Februar 2018 (englisch). 
  21. ↑ Syedur Rahman: Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4, S. ix (englisch, google.com).
  22. ↑ a b Kazi Zafar passes away In: Prothom Alo. Abgerufen am 16. Februar 2018 (englisch). 
  23. ↑ Govt names Raushon’s political secretary Golam Moshi Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. In: bdnews24.com. Abgerufen am 16. Februar 2018.
  24. ↑ Former prime minister Kazi Zafar Ahmed laid to rest. In: bdnews24.com. Abgerufen am 15. Februar 2018.
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