Ghulam Muhammed Quader (born 24 February 1948), better known as GM Quader, is a Bangladeshi politician and the 2nd chairperson of Jatiya Party and was the Opposition Leader of Bangladesh Parliament. He is a former

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

member from the

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constituency. He served as the

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and Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism from 2009 to 2014.

Early life and family

Quader was born on 24 February 1948 to a

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family of

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with roots in

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. His parents were Mokbul Hossain and Majida Khatun. Mokbul was a lawyer and served as a minister of the erstwhile Maharaja of Cooch Behar. Quader had eight siblings including the former

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, banker Mozammel Hossain Lalu and Merina Rahman. He is married to Sharifa Quader.

Education

Quader completed his SSC and HSC from

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and

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. He obtained his BSc in mechanical engineering from

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(BUET) in 1969.

Career

Quader is the chairman of the Jatiya Party (JP). Additionally, he held important posts in important ministries and organizations including the Ministry of Establishment,

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and Bangladesh Tobacco Company (now British American Tobacco Bangladesh). He worked in the Ministry of Agriculture in Iraq as a mechanical engineer from 1976 to 1977. Quader was elected to parliament with a Jatiya Party ticket in the seventh parliamentary election and served as member of parliamentary standing committee on defence ministry. He was also elected as lawmaker in eighth parliamentary election and served as a member of standing committee on agriculture ministry.. Quader was elected to parliament from Lalmonirhat-3 on 7 January 2019 as a candidate of the Jatiya Party. He received 149,641 votes while his nearest rival,

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, received 80,225 votes. From 2016, he joined his elder brother,

, who was the founder and chairman of the Jatiya Party. Ershad had declared to make Quader the co-chairman of the party although Ershad's wife

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and her MPs were against the decision. In May 2019, Ershad appointed Quader acting chairman of Jatiya Party. In July 2019, he became chairman of the party. His leadership has been challenged by Bidisha Ershad, wife of Ershad, and Rowshan Ershad, another wife of Ershad and co-chairperson of the party. In light of the 12th National Elections, his political decisions are being subject to staunch criticisms by Saquib Rahman, Editor of Progress Magazine and Senior Lecturer of Law at North South University. After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Quader's bank accounts were frozen by the Muhammad Yunus led Interim government. Metropolitan Magistrate Masum Miah ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation to investigate him and Mujibul Haque Chunnu for trading party nominations. In May 2025, his home in Rangpur was attacked and looted by activists of the National Citizen Party and Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. Despite both sides attempting to file complaints, police have not officially registered cases against anyone. Bangladesh Army interrogated leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Students Against Discrimination. The attack on GM Quader's residence was termed "undesirable and unfortunate" by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and BNP, who also expressed regret over the involvement of two of their activists. The army met with both groups' leaders to identify those responsible and urged them to prevent such incidents in the future.

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, NCP coordinator, criticized the

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for their swift response to a minor incident at Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader's residence while questioning their efforts in arresting Awami League and Jatiya Party affiliates.

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