Mozammel Hossain Lalu

Mozammel Hossain Lalu
মোজাম্মেল হোসেন লালু
Member of Parliament
for Kurigram-3
In office
September 1996 – 13 July 2001
Personal details
Born1942
Bengal Province
Died (aged 72)
Rangpur, Bangladesh
Political partyJatiya Party (Ershad)
ChildrenHossain Mokbul Shahriar (son)
Relatives

Mozammel Hossain Lalu (Bengali: মোজাম্মেল হোসেন লালু; 1942 – 1 September 2014)[1] was a Bangladeshi politician.[2] He was elected a Jatiya Sangsad member from Kurigram-3 (Ulipur-Chilmari-Rajarhat) constituency winning the September 1996 by-election.[3][4]

Early life and family

Lalu was born in the early 1940s to a Bengali Muslim family with roots in Dinhata in present-day India. His parents were Mokbul Hossain and Majida Khatun.[5] Mokbul was a lawyer and served as a minister of the erstwhile Maharaja of Cooch Behar.[5] Lalu had eight siblings including the former President of Bangladesh Hussain Muhammad Ershad,[6] politician GM Quader and Merina Rahman.[5][7][8] Lalu's son, Hossain Mokbul Shahriar, is a former Jatiya Sangsad member from Rangpur-1.[1][9]

Career

Lalu served as the assistant general manager of the state-run Janata Bank.[8] Following the arrest of his elder brother Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1990, Lalu founded and chaired the Free Ershad Council.[10] Lalu was also the cooperative advisor for the Jatiya Party's Central Committee.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Obituary". The Daily Star. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Ershad's younger brother Lalu passes away". The Daily Observer. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Statistical Report: 7th Jatiya Shangshad Election" (PDF). Bangladesh Election Commission. p. 314. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  4. ^ "No alternative to ousting AL govt: Ershad". The Daily Star. 17 January 1999. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b c গোলাম মোহাম্মদ কাদের (জি এম কাদের)- এর জীবন বৃত্তান্ত. gmquader.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Ghulam Muhammed Quader MP given charge to run JP". The Daily Star. 15 May 2010.
  7. ^ "Jatiya Party presidium member Bablu marries Ershad's niece". bdnews24.com. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Ershad wants tomb on his grave". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Ershad expels nephew from JP". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  10. ^ হৃদরোগে আক্রান্ত হয়ে এরশাদের ছোট ভাই লালুর মৃত্যু. Priyo.com (in Bengali). 1 September 2014.
  11. ^ মোজাম্মেল হোসেন লালু (রংপুর) সমবায় বিষয়ক উপদেষ্টা. Jatiya Party (in Bengali).


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