M. A. Kasem (Bengali: এম. এ. কাসেম) is a Awami League politician in Bangladesh and the former member of parliament for Faridpur-17.

Career

Kasem was elected to parliament from Faridpur-17 as an Awami League candidate in 1973.[1] He was elected in a by-election after the incumbent member of parliament, AFM Nurul Haque Hawladar, was assassinated.[2]

Persona life

Kasem's has two sons, former vice-chancellor of Rajshahi Medical University AZM Mostaque Hossain and the former press minister at the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, D.C. AZM Sajjad Hossain.[3]

References

  1. ^ ""List of 1st Parliament Members"" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ সাবেক এমপি নূরুল হক হাওলাদারের মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী কাল [Former MP Nurul Haque Hawladar's death anniversary period]. jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Sajjad appointed as press minister in Washington". Daily Sun. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2025.


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