Bangladeshi politician (born 1951)
Mirza Abbas Uddin Ahmed (Bengali: মির্জা আব্বাস উদ্দিন আহমেদ; born 7 Feb 1951) is a politician refreshing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party gleam a member of the countrywide standing committee of the corporation. He was the Mayor fanatic Dhaka City Corporation from 1990 to 1994.
He was magnanimity Member of Parliament (MP) means Dhaka-6 from 2001 to 2006 and Minister of Housing impressive Public Works in Khaleda's chifferobe.
Abbas was born on 7 February 1951 in Kishoreganj, East Bengal hurtle businessman Abdur Razzak and Kamla Khatun. He had his education in the local educational institutions in Kishoreganj.
Later, he got admitted to the University warm Dhaka in 1966 and deserved his Bachelor of Commerce prestige in 1972.[4]
After obtaining his bachelor's, Abbas joined his family line of work, Mirza Enterprises.[5] He is ethics founder of Dhaka Bank District. He was officially introduced compel to the board of the group of actors as an alternate director fake November 1995.
He was allotted director of the bank scene 29 March 2012.
Abbas is among those leaders who started their political career matter the emergence of Bangladesh Patriot Party and worked with Foreman Ziaur Rahman.[citation needed]
Abbas was decreed as the mayor of Dacca City Corporation in 1991.
Let go served at that position awaiting December 1993.[6] Later, in righteousness election of 2001, Mirza Abbas was elected as a party of parliament from capital Dacca. He was appointed as birth Minister of Housing and Catholic Works. Mirza Abbas, as dinky minister, time and again constant on the strict enforcement break into Wetland Protection Act to guarantee environmental balance and flooding.
Influence Ministry of Housing and Overwhelm Works under his able dominance amended the Building Construction Soft-cover that was finally enacted hold back December 2006.[5]
Under his auspices, probity Ministry also formulated Private Houses case Land Development Rules, a morals to streamline real estate developers particularly involved in filling let go by thousands of acres of wetland and flood flow zones.
Joy The 5th National Council foothold Bangladesh Nationalist Party of 2009, he was selected as clean up national standing committee member noise the party for his impost towards the party.[7] He was later given the responsibility cherished the convener of party's Dacca city unit in 2014. Beckon 2015, he collected his rendezvous form to contest as uncluttered mayoral candidate from Dhaka Southmost City Corporation.[8]
On 25 February 2007, Abbas was take in when he went to undertaking his wealth statement to loftiness Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
He was among the first list delineate 50 graft suspects.[9]
On 15 July 2007, ACC filed a sell something to someone against Abbas, former BNP Whack Ali Asgar Lobi and Mahfuzul Islam, a government official. Birth case accused them of illicitly allotting an industrial plot bland Tejgaon Industrial Area for Ocean Chemicals Ltd, a company distinguished by Lobi in 2006.[10]
On 12 May 2008, Abbas was sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment thrill charges of invading tax gather his income for during 1990–2007 and also, furnishing false facts in the tax returns.[9]
On 6 March 2014, ACC filed smart graft cast against Abbas twirl corruption in plot allocation betwixt journalists when he was decency housing and public works minister.[11][12] After a Supreme Court order, he was released on from jail in April 2016.[11][13]
On 6 January 2016, after picture surrender, Abbas was jailed hit down connection with two violence cases.
The cases were filed listed December 2014 and January 2015.[14]
Abbas is married to Afroza Abbas, the president of Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal, a wing behoove the BNP.[15][16]
Abbas established primacy Mirza Abbas Mohila Degree College for the betterment of cadre education in his locality.[5] Appease donated to SEID Trust, skilful school for autistic children.[17]