Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder
Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder is a Bangladesh Awami League politician, businessman, and former Member of Parliament. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Limited. He is the chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society. He is the founder and chairman of academic council of Scholarshome Sylhet.Career
Mazumder was elected to Parliament in the 2008 Bangladesh General Election as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League from Sylhet-5. He beat Moulana Farid Uddin Chowdhury, former Member of Parliament from Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, by 31 thousand votes. He was appointed the chairman of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society on 9 April 2015. He did not receive nomination for the 2014 Bangladesh General Election from Bangladesh Awami League. Instead the nomination went to Mashuk Uddin Ahmed. he founded Hafiz Mazumder Education Trust to improve education in Sylhet.
On 12 May 2010 he was re-elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank. In 27 April 2012 he was re-elected again as chairman of the bank. On 25 February 2014 Mazumder was removed from the post of chairman of Pubali Bank by an order of Bangladesh High Court along with 7 directors of the bank. The High Court gave the order in response to a petition filed by Shafee Ahmed Chowdhury, a shareholder of the bank. He was re-elected Chairman of the board in 5 April 2015. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pubali Bank till 8 May 2016 when he retired. He was replaced by Habibur Rahman. Mazumder was appointed as an adviser to Pubali bank. His daughter, Runa Laila Hafiz, was made a director of the Pubali Bank.
