Md Amir Hamza

Jamaat-e-Islami · Kushtia-3 · verified (verified 2026-05-17)

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Party: Jamaat-e-Islami
Constituency: Kushtia-3
Terms: 1
Disclosed wealth: —
Criminal cases: 3
Education: Qawmi Madrasa (Ifta/Mufti), BA and MA in Al-Quran and Islamic Studies, Islamic University Kushtia
Cabinet role: —

MP embroiled in multiple defamation cases and a parliamentary misconduct controversy over body-shaming female colleagues; High Court anticipatory bail operative as of April 27 2026; vocal on religious issues and local constituency matters (Kushtia Medical College)

Recent activity

2026-04-27 legal High Court (bench: Justice Zahid Sarwar Kajal and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher) granted Hamza eight weeks anticipatory bail in the Sirajganj defamation case, neutralising the April 21 arrest warrant ↗↗
2026-04-21 legal Sirajganj Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court issued arrest warrant after Hamza failed to appear in response to April 2 summons in defamation case filed under Penal Code sections 296, 500 and 504 ↗↗
2026-04-02 controversy Defamation case filed at Sirajganj Chauhali Cognisance Court by Advocate Humayun Kabir (Additional Public Prosecutor) after Hamza called Energy Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku 'atheist' and 'anti-Islamic' during a mosque gathering in Kushtia Sadar on March 26 2026. A separate Tk 100 crore civil defamation suit filed at Sirajganj Sadar Cognisance Court on March 30. ↗↗
2026-04-02 controversy Video went viral of Hamza body-shaming female MPs Rumeen Farhana (Brahmanbaria-2) and Farzana Sharmin during a waz mahfil, prompting Rumeen Farhana to raise a point of order in Jatiya Sangsad demanding speaker intervention. Bangladesh Narimukti Kendra issued formal condemnation. ↗↗
2026-03-26 statement Hamza publicly stated he was offered Tk 50 crore within three days of election to keep Kushtia Medical College closed and rejected it; a legal notice was subsequently served demanding he name those involved or hand them to law enforcement within seven days ↗
2026-02-17 appointment Assumed office as MP for Kushtia-3 following 13th Jatiya Sangsad election held February 12 2026; first time elected to parliament ↗↗

Provenance & notes

Birth date discrepancy: Wikipedia gives October 28 1992 (age 33); thetopcelebrity.com gives November 28 1991 (age 34). Wikipedia used; cross-verify against EC affidavit when accessible. Wealth and income figures not obtainable from public sources; EC affidavit not available online. Criminal cases listed are from press sources, not EC affidavit directly -- schema requires EC-sourced data; mark accordingly. Total valid votes figure (321,323) from TBS (accounts for all 6 candidates); BSS reported only winner+runner-up subtotal of 310,035. Vote shares computed from 321,323 base: Hamza 56.78%, BNP 39.70%, margin 17.08%. Runner-up name is Md Zakir Hossain Sarkar (Engineer) per TBS and BSS.

Md Amir Hamza

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