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Amir Hossain Amu
Amir Hossain Amu (Bengali: আমির হোসেন আমু; born 1 January 1940) is a Bangladeshi politician, a former member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Jhalokati-2 constituency, and served as the minister of industries during 2014–2019. He was the coordinator and spokesman for the Awami League-led 14-party Grand Alliance.
Amu was born on 1 January 1940 in Jhalakathi subdivision of Barisal district. His father Mohammad Moazzem Hossain and mother Aklima Khatun. He obtained a BA from Barisal BM College in 1965 and an LLB from Barisal Law College in 1968. He earned a graduation degree in history from the University of Dhaka.
Amu contested the general election in 1991 from Jhalokati-2 as a candidate of the Awami League but came third after Gazi Aziz Ferdous of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Zulfiker Ali Bhutto of the Jatiya Party. He had received 30,808 while the winner had received 43,673 votes.
Amu contested the general election in 2001 from Jhalokati-2 as a candidate of the Awami League but lost to Israt Sultana Elen Bhutto of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He had received 54,378 votes while she had received 92,116 votes.
On 23 July 2003, Amu's house in Jhalokati District was vandalized by Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists who destroyed the boundary, door, and windows of the house. In December 2003, he failed to address a rally in Munshiganj district marking the triennial council of the party due to road blocks by activists of the governing Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Amu was injured in the August 2004 Dhaka grenade attack which was an attempted assassination of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina at a rally of the Awami League.
When party president Sheikh Hasina was exiled by the caretaker government of Bangladesh (2006–08), Amu became one of top leaders who preserved and represented the party in her absence. However, he also developed differences with Hasina, criticising her for making a pact with the Islamist Khelafat Majlish party despite the Awami League's policy of secularism, and not discussing it first with other party leaders. Sheikh Hasina in turn criticised Amu for appearing supportive of the caretaker government. Activists of Awami League opposed to reforms attacked followers of Amu at the party office in September 2007. He was removed from the newly reformed central committee of the Awami League in July 2009.
In 2008, Amu was elected to parliament from Jhalokati-2 as a candidate of the Awami League with 104,444 votes while his nearest rival Israt Sultana Elen Bhutto of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party received 73,851.
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Amir Hossain Amu
Amir Hossain Amu (Bengali: আমির হোসেন আমু; born 1 January 1940) is a Bangladeshi politician, a former member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Jhalokati-2 constituency, and served as the minister of industries during 2014–2019. He was the coordinator and spokesman for the Awami League-led 14-party Grand Alliance.
Amu was born on 1 January 1940 in Jhalakathi subdivision of Barisal district. His father Mohammad Moazzem Hossain and mother Aklima Khatun. He obtained a BA from Barisal BM College in 1965 and an LLB from Barisal Law College in 1968. He earned a graduation degree in history from the University of Dhaka.
Amu contested the general election in 1991 from Jhalokati-2 as a candidate of the Awami League but came third after Gazi Aziz Ferdous of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Zulfiker Ali Bhutto of the Jatiya Party. He had received 30,808 while the winner had received 43,673 votes.
Amu contested the general election in 2001 from Jhalokati-2 as a candidate of the Awami League but lost to Israt Sultana Elen Bhutto of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He had received 54,378 votes while she had received 92,116 votes.
On 23 July 2003, Amu's house in Jhalokati District was vandalized by Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists who destroyed the boundary, door, and windows of the house. In December 2003, he failed to address a rally in Munshiganj district marking the triennial council of the party due to road blocks by activists of the governing Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Amu was injured in the August 2004 Dhaka grenade attack which was an attempted assassination of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina at a rally of the Awami League.
When party president Sheikh Hasina was exiled by the caretaker government of Bangladesh (2006–08), Amu became one of top leaders who preserved and represented the party in her absence. However, he also developed differences with Hasina, criticising her for making a pact with the Islamist Khelafat Majlish party despite the Awami League's policy of secularism, and not discussing it first with other party leaders. Sheikh Hasina in turn criticised Amu for appearing supportive of the caretaker government. Activists of Awami League opposed to reforms attacked followers of Amu at the party office in September 2007. He was removed from the newly reformed central committee of the Awami League in July 2009.
In 2008, Amu was elected to parliament from Jhalokati-2 as a candidate of the Awami League with 104,444 votes while his nearest rival Israt Sultana Elen Bhutto of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party received 73,851.