Ehteshamul Haq Nasim Biswas was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a member of parliament from Barisal-5.

Biography

Biswas was the fourth son of

Abdur Rahman Biswas Abdur Rahman Biswas (1 September 1926 – 3 November 2017) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the President of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996. Biswas represented Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly, prior to the independence of Bangl ...

, former

president of Bangladesh President of Bangladesh (POB), officially the President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is the head of state of Bangladesh and commander-in-chief of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The role of the president has changed three times since ...

, and

Hosne Ara Rahman Hosne Ara Rahman (c. 1934 – 17 June 2017) was a Bangladeshi public figure, former First Lady of Bangladesh, and the wife of former President Abdur Rahman Biswas. Rahman served as the country's First Lady from 10 October 1991, until 9 October 1 ...

. He studied medicine at Sher e Bangla Medical College and graduated in 1984. He was a doctor and professor before being elected to parliament in 1996 from Barisal-5 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. One of his campaign pledges was the construction of Taltali Bridge, construction of which started in 1996 undertaken by Moitry International. Biswas died in 1998, and his successors did not see to the continuation of the project. As of 2008, the project remains incomplete.

Death

Biswas died on 12 March 1998 after suffering health complications from food poisoning. He is succeeded by his wife and daughter.

References

Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 1998 deaths 7th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing Physicians from Barisal Division Politicians from Barisal District People from Barisal Sadar Upazila 20th-century Bangladeshi physicians Children of presidents of Bangladesh {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub