AKM Samsuzzoha
Bangladeshi politician
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Abul Khayer Mohammad Samsuzzoha (Bengali: আবুল খায়ের মোহাম্মদ শামসুজ্জোহা; 1924 – 20 February 1987)[1] was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was a Member of Parliament from Narayanganj constituency. He received the Independence Day Award in 2011 posthumously from the Government of Bangladesh.[2]
AKM Samsuzzoha | |
|---|---|
আবুল খায়ের মোহাম্মদ শামসুজ্জোহা | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 7 March 1973 – 15 August 1975 | |
| Succeeded by | ASM Solomon |
| Constituency | Dhaka-30 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1924 |
| Died | 20 February 1987 (aged 62–63) |
| Party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Children | Nasim Osman Salim Osman Shamim Osman |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Early life and education
Samsuzzoha was born in 1924 to politician Mohammad Osman Ali and Jamila Osman in Narayanganj, East Pakistan.[1] He belongs to a Bengali Muslim family of Pradhans from Jamalkandi in present-day Comilla. His father was a founding member of the Awami League.[3]
He graduated from the University of Dhaka.[1]
Career
Samsuzzoha was a founding member of Awami Muslim League. He was involved in the Bengali Language Movement of 1952 that demanded Bengali be made a state language of Pakistan.[2] He was elected a member of parliament at the Pakistani general election in 1970 and Bangladeshi general election in 1973.[1]
Personal life
Samsuzzoha was married to Nagina Zoha.[4] Three of his sons went on to win parliamentary elections – Salim Osman and Nasim Osman were elected from the Jatiya Party, and Shamim Osman is member of Parliament from Bangladesh Awami League.[5]
Samsuzzoha died on 20 February 1987.[6]