AKM Samsuzzoha
আবুল খায়ের মোহাম্মদ শামসুজ্জোহা
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
In office
7 March 1973 – 15 August 1975
Succeeded byASM Solomon
Constituency Dhaka-30
Personal details
Bornc. 1924
Narayanganj District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died20 February 1987(1987-02-20) (aged 62–63)
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
ChildrenNasim Osman
Salim Osman
Shamim Osman
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka

Abul Khayer Mohammad Samsuzzoha (Bengali: আবুল খায়ের মোহাম্মদ শামসুজ্জোহা; 1924 – 20 February 1987)[1] was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was a Member of Parliament from Narayanganj constituency. He received the Independence Day Award in 2011 posthumously from the Government of Bangladesh.[2]

Early life and education

Samsuzzoha was born in 1924 to politician Mohammad Osman Ali and Jamila Osman in Narayanganj, East Pakistan.[1] He belongs to a Bengali Muslim family of Pradhans from Jamalkandi in present-day Comilla. His father was a founding member of the Awami League.[3]

He graduated from the University of Dhaka.[1]

Career

Samsuzzoha was a founding member of Awami Muslim League. He was involved in the Bengali Language Movement of 1952 that demanded Bengali be made a state language of Pakistan.[2] He was elected a member of parliament at the Pakistani general election in 1970 and Bangladeshi general election in 1973.[1]

Personal life

Samsuzzoha was married to Nagina Zoha.[4] Three of his sons went on to win parliamentary elections – Salim Osman and Nasim Osman were elected from the Jatiya Party, and Shamim Osman is member of Parliament from Bangladesh Awami League.[5]

Samsuzzoha died on 20 February 1987.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Cabinet Division - Bangladesh - Information and Services - Awards Detail". old.cabinet.gov.bd (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  2. 1 2 "28th Death Anniversary of AKM Shamsuzzoha observed in Narayanganj". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 20 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Hasina stands by Osman family". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Shamim Osmans mother dies". theindependentbd.com. The Independent. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Under-fire Narayanganj MP Salim Osman, in leaked phone call, abuses journalist". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Death anniv of Shamsuzzoha observed". Independent. 22 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.


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