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Ziaul Haque Zia

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Ziaul Haque Zia
জিয়াউল হক জিয়া
State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
In office
10 October 2001 – 28 October 2006[1]
Succeeded byJahangir Kabir Nanak
Member of Parliament
for Laxmipur-1
In office
20 March 1991 – 27 October 2006
Preceded byM. A. Gofran
Succeeded byNazim Uddin Ahmed
Personal details
Born11 March 1953
Keturi, Noakhali District, Bengal Presidency
Died4 November 2016(2016-11-04) (aged 63)
Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Ziaul Haque Zia (Bengali: জ়িয়াউল হ়ক় জ়িয়া; 11 March 1953 – 4 November 2016) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He was a 4-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Lakshmipur-1 constituency. He served as the minister of local government, rural development and co-operatives between 2001 and 2006.[2]

Early life

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Zia was born on 11 March 1953, into a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Keturi in Bhadur Union, Ramganj, Noakhali District, Bengal Presidency (now in Lakshmipur District, Bangladesh).

Career

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Zia started working in Rupali Bank. He joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 1986.[2] In 2008, the special court convicted Zia of amassing wealth illegally and concealing information from the Anti-Corruption Commission.[3][4] In 2009, a High Court bench granted bail to eight convicts including Zia.[5] He was the owner of Royal Filling Station, situated in Dhaka's Mohakhali area. The caretaker government confiscated the station in 2007 but it was later returned to Zia.[citation needed]

Personal life

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Zia was married to Nasima Haque, with whom he had one son, Mashfiqul Haque Joy and one daughter, Priyanka Haque[6]

Death

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Zia died on 4 November 2016 under treatment for cancer at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand.[2][7]

References

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  1. ^ "Cabinet of Bangladesh 2001".
  2. ^ a b c "Former BNP state minister Ziaul Haque Zia dies". bdnews24.com. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  3. ^ Haque, A.N.M. Nurul (22 June 2008). "The convicted politicians". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Ex-state minister Zia, family charged". The Daily Star. 19 June 2008. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  5. ^ "8 convicts get bail". The Daily Star. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Shafik Rehman faces court May 22". The Daily Star. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Ex-state minister Ziaul Haque Zia no more". Bangla News. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.


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