Speaker, deputy speaker elected: Who are they?
Following their elections, the Parliament session was adjourned for a few minutes. The new speaker and deputy speaker later took their oaths, administered by President Mohammad Shahabuddin.
Hafiz Uddin Ahmed was elected the speaker of parliament and Barrister Kayser Kamal as the deputy speaker today (12 March).
Following their elections, the Parliament session was adjourned for a few minutes. The new speaker and deputy speaker later took their oaths, administered by President Mohammad Shahabuddin.
Hafiz Uddin Ahmed
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Prior to his appointment as the speaker, Hafiz Uddin Ahmed was serving as the liberation war affairs minister but resigned from the post yesterday (11 March), confirmed Md Akbar Hossain, assistant private secretary to the minister.
A six-term lawmaker, Hafiz was first elected to parliament in 1986 from Bhola as a candidate of the Jatiya Party and was re-elected in 1988. He later won the fifth parliamentary election as an independent candidate.
After joining the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, he was elected to parliament for three consecutive terms up to the eighth parliament in 2001.
During the previous BNP-led government, he served as minister of water resources and later as commerce minister following a cabinet reshuffle.
A retired major of the Bangladesh Army, Hafiz Uddin Ahmed became a member of the BNP standing committee in 2024.
Kayser Kamal
Barrister Kayser Kamal has been elected as the deputy speaker of parliament.
Kayser Kamal had been serving as the state minister for the Ministry of Land but resigned prior to his appointment as the deputy speaker.
He was elected from the Netrokona-1 constituency (Kalamkanda-Durgapur) in the 13th national parliamentary election as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
He is serving as a member of parliament for the first time.
