G M Quader

G M Quader is a Bangladeshi politician and the current Minister of Commerce and former Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism since 2009.

Education and career

Quader completed his SSC and HSC from Rangpur Zilla School and Rangpur Carmichael College. He obtained his BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 1969.

Quader, presidium member of Jatiya Party (JP), held different important posts in several important ministries and organizations including Ministry of Establishment, Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation, Jamuna Oil Company and Bangladesh Tobacco Company (now British American Tobacco Bangladesh). He worked in the Ministry of Agriculture in Iraq as a mechanical engineer from 1976 to 1977.

He was elected lawmaker with Jatiya Party ticket in the seventh parliamentary election and served as member of parliamentary standing committee on defence ministry. He was also elected as lawmaker in eighth parliamentary election and served as a member of standing committee on agriculture ministry.

Quader, who was elected from Lalmanirhat-3, pledged to the people that he would take effective steps to resolve the monga problem in the area. He would try to start the Mogolhat Railway Station once again and reconstruct the rail line.

Family

Quader is brother of Hussain Muhammad Ershad, President of Jatiya Party and former President of Bangladesh ^[1] and politician Mozammel Huq Lalu^[2]

See also

• Sheikh Hasina
• Jatiya Party

References