Jamaat Announces Amirs for 77 District and City Units, 27 Are New Faces

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has announced the names of the amirs of its 77 district and metropolitan units. New amirs have been elected in 27 districts and metropolitan units; in the rest, the previous amirs have been re-elected.

The names of those elected were announced by Jamaat Amir Dr Shafiqur Rahman at a meeting of the party's central executive council at its central office in Moghbazar in the capital on Wednesday (November 4). The re-elected include amirs who had been serving since before 2024.

The district and metropolitan amirs were elected by secret ballot of Jamaat's rukn (members). The voting at district and metropolitan level was held last month.

The name of the Cumilla metropolitan amir, however, was not announced. Supporters of one side in the election there attacked the other side, according to the announcement. Over the incident, Jamaat has expelled immediate past amir Kazi Din Muhammad and nayeb-e-amir A K M Emdadul Haque from the party.

The newly elected amirs are Mohammad Alamgir in Thakurgaon, Enamul Haque in Dinajpur, Enamul Haque in Rangpur district, Azizur Rahman Sarkar in Kurigram, Golam Kibria in Joypurhat, Abdul Malek in Bogura metropolitan, Nazrul Islam in Pabna, Mahfuzur Rahman in Naogaon, Dr Md Jahangir in Rajshahi metropolitan, Khandakar A K M Ali Mohsin in Kushtia, Abdul Awal in Jhenaidah, Said Ahmad in Magura and Kabirul Islam in Khulna district.

Also on the list of new amirs are Dr Mahfuzur Rahman in Barishal, Abdur Rab in Pirojpur, Asaduzzaman Sohel in Mymensingh metropolitan, Azizul Haque in Kishoreganj, Khairul Hasan in Gazipur metropolitan, Sefa Ul Haque in Gazipur district, Masudur Rahman Gias in Narayanganj district, Ibrahim Bhuiyan in Narsingdi, Hasmat Ali in Rajbari, Imtiaz Uddin Ahmad in Faridpur, Advocate Shamsuddin in Sunamganj, A. R. Hafizullah in Lakshmipur, Mohammad Nazrul Islam in Chattogram metropolitan and Minhazur Rahman in Khagrachhari.

In Sylhet Division, Fakhrul Islam in Sylhet metropolitan, Habibur Rahman in Sylhet district and Kazi Mokhlisur Rahman in Habiganj have been re-elected; among the division's districts, the new amir is in Sunamganj, Advocate Shamsuddin.

In the capital, Mohammad Selim Uddin in Dhaka Metropolitan North and Nurul Islam Bulbul in Dhaka Metropolitan South have been re-elected. Mohammad Delwar Hossain in Dhaka district and Muhammad Abdul Jabbar in Narayanganj metropolitan are also among those re-elected.

Others re-elected include Iqbal Hossain in Panchagarh, Abdus Sattar in Nilphamari, Abu Taher in Lalmonirhat, A T M Azam Khan in Rangpur metropolitan, Abdul Karim Sarkar in Gaibandha, Abdul Haque Sarkar in Bogura district, Shahinur Alam in Sirajganj, Abujar Gifari in Chapainawabganj, Abdul Khaleq in Rajshahi district, Dr Mir Nurul Islam in Natore, Tajuddin Khan in Meherpur, Ruhul Amin in Chuadanga, Golam Rasul in Jashore, Ataur Rahman Bachchu in Narail, Rezaul Karim in Bagerhat, Mohammad Mahfuzur Rahman in Khulna metropolitan and Shahidul Islam in Satkhira.

Also re-elected are Md Mohibullah in Barguna, Nazmul Ahsan in Patuakhali, Zakir Hossain in Bhola, Zahir Uddin Muhammad Babar in Barishal metropolitan, Hafizur Rahman in Jhalokathi, Hafizur Rahman in Sherpur, Abdul Karim in Mymensingh district, Kamrul Islam in Manikganj, A. J. M. Ruhul Quddus in Munshiganj, Rezaul Karim in Gopalganj, Mokhlisur Rahman in Madaripur, Abdur Rab Hashemi in Shariatpur, Abdul Matin in Cumilla North, Md Shahjahan in Cumilla South, Bilal Hossain Miazi in Chandpur, Abdul Hannan in Feni, Md Ishaq Khandakar in Noakhali, Alauddin Sikdar in Chattogram North, Anwarul Alam Chowdhury in Chattogram South, Nur Ahmad Anwari in Cox's Bazar, Mohammad Abdul Alim in Rangamati and S. M. Abduch Salam Azad in Bandarban.