Sardar Amjad Hossain (1940–2015) was a

Jatiya Party (Ershad) The Jatiya Party (, ; JaPa or JP(E)) is a political party of Bangladesh. The current chairman of the party is Ghulam Muhammed Quader. On 3 January 2019, the party announced its decision to join the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance a ...

politician and member of parliament for Rajshahi-3.

Early life

Hossain was born on 1 January 1940 in Hamirkutsa village,

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Career

Hossain was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1970 on an Awami League nomination. In 1975, he served as the organising secretary of BAKSAL. He joined the Jatiya Party in 1986. He was elected to parliament from Rajshahi-3 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986 and 1988. He served as the minister of land, the minister of food, minister of agriculture, and the minister of fisheries and livestock in the cabinet of Hussain Mohammad Ershad. He campaigned for Ershad's release after he was removed from power and imprisoned. He returned to the Bangladesh Awami League in 2005.

Death

Hossain died on 19 December 2015 in Apollo Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

References

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