Mirza Abdul Halim

Mirza Abdul Halim
মীর্জা আব্দুল হালিম
Member of the 2nd Jatiya Sangsad
Minister of Shipping
In office
18 February 1979 – 12 February 1982
PresidentZiaur Rahman
Abdus Sattar
Prime MinisterMashiur Rahman
Shah Azizur Rahman
Preceded byAmjad Hossain
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyPabna-12
Personal details
Born1927 or 1928
Died (aged 93)
PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
RelativesMirza Abdul Awal (brother)
Mirza Abdul Jalil (brother)
Manzur Quader (nephew)

Mirza Abdul Halim (Bengali: মির্জা আব্দুল হালিম; 1927/8 – 9 July 2021) was a Bangladeshi footballer and politician. He was a Bangladesh National Party member of parliament from 1979 to 1982.

Early life and family

Mirza Abdul Halim was born into a Bengali Muslim family of Mirzas in the village of Kaitula in Joynagar, Bera, Pabna District, then part of the Bengal Presidency. He had two sons and one daughter. His brother, Mirza Abdul Awal, was a former parliamentarian. His other brother, Mirza Abdul Jalil, was a former president of the Bangladesh Krishak League. The retired army major Manzur Quader is his nephew.[1]

Career

Abdul Halim was a footballer from Victoria SC. He contested the 1979 Bangladeshi general election as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate and was elected to parliament from the Pabna-12 constituency.[2] He was the state minister for shipping in the first cabinet of President Ziaur Rahman.[3]

Death

Abdul Halim died on 9 July 2021 at the age of 93.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ পাবনা-২ আসনে নৌকা চান মির্জা জলিল (in Bengali). NTV. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  3. ^ ভাগ্যের শিকা এবারও ছিড়ল না বেড়াবাসীর. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 6 January 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Former state minister Mirza Halim dies". New Age. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. ^ সাবেক প্রতিমন্ত্রী মির্জা হালিম মারা গেছেন. bdview24.com (in Bengali). 9 July 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.