Mozammel Haque (Bangladesh Awami League politician)


Mozammel Haque is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the current Minister for Liberation War Affairs of Bangladesh.

Early life

Haque was born on 1 October 1946 in Dakhina Khan, Gazipur Sadar Upazila, Gazipur District to Anwar Ali and Rabeya Khatun.

Career

Haque was a member of the East Pakistan Chhatra League Central Working Committee. He fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971 and was part of the Mukti Bahini. From 1973 to 1986, he was elected Upazila chairman three times and four times municipal mayor. He was elected to the parliament from Gazipur-1 in 2008. He was elected unopposed from the same constituency in 2014 and was appointed the Minister for Liberation War Affairs.