Kazi Firoz Rashid

Kazi Firoz Rashid
কাজী ফিরোজ রশীদ
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Dhaka-6
In office
29 January 2014 – 29 January 2024
Preceded byMizanur Rahman Khan Dipu
Succeeded bySayeed Khokon
Personal details
Born (1947-02-02) 2 February 1947 (age 77)
Political partyJatiya Party

Kazi Firoz Rashid (born 2 February 1947) is a Jatiya Party politician and a former member of parliament for Dhaka-6. He started politics from a very early life, when he was in class nine in school he participated in the movement against Pakistan's then President General Ayub Khan's education system. During his study at university he was elected vice president twice.

Early life

Rashid was born on 2 February 1947. He completed a B.A., M.A., and a LLB.[1] His father, Kazi Mozaffar Hossain, was the founder of Awami League in Gopalganj.[2]

Career

Rashid was elected to parliament from Dhaka-6 in 2014 and in 2018 Bangladeshi general elections as a candidate of Jatiya Party but Awami League supported.[3] In parliament he criticised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for making Hasanul Haq Inu a government minister.[4] He is the president of Bangladesh Surfing Association.[5] He served as the president of Bangladesh Cinema Halls Owners Association.[6]

Corruption

On 6 April 2016 Anti-Corruption Commission sued Rashid for grabbing the land of diplomat Mohammed Ali in Dhanmondi in 1979.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ "Kazi Firoz Rashid". Amarmp.
  2. ^ "The Grand Hill Taj | Best Hotel & Restaurant in Rangamati". @thegrandhilltaj. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Search result for Candidates in Constituency Dhaka-6 Bangladesh Election Result 2014". election.dhakatribune.com. Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  4. ^ "After Ashraf, JP MP also criticises Inu". The Daily Star. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. ^ "President of Bangladesh Surfing Association". The New Nation. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Ban on Indian films goes". The Daily Star. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  7. ^ "ACC prosecutes JP MP Kazi Firoz Rashid for grabbling land of ex-diplomat". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  8. ^ "ACC grilling Kazi Firoz Rashid". banglanews24.com. Retrieved 21 March 2018.


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