Hafiz Uddin Ahmad Bir Bikram
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Bhola-3
- Terms
- 7
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- MA in Political Science, University of Dhaka (1968); trained at Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul
- Cabinet role
- Speaker, Jatiya Sangsad (since 12 March 2026)
Speaker of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad; presiding over parliamentary sessions and enforcing procedural discipline among newly elected members.
Recent activity
- 2026-05-04 other Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed administered oath to newly elected female MPs from reserved women's seats at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. ↗
- 2026-04-01 appointment Speaker constituted a five-member high-powered committee to investigate alleged irregularities at parliament highlighted in a media report. ↗
- 2026-03-12 appointment Elected unanimously as Speaker of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad in a voice vote; simultaneously resigned from role as Minister of Liberation War Affairs. ↗↗
- 2026-03-12 statement As newly elected Speaker, urged all MPs to study the Rules of Procedure and warned against parliamentary rule violations including eating in the chamber and crossing the Speaker's line. ↗
- 2026-02-17 vote Won Bhola-3 in the 13th National Parliament Election with 145,990 votes (67.71%), defeating BDP candidate Mohammad Nizamul Haque (57,351 votes, 26.60%). ↗↗
Provenance & notes
EC affidavit wealth/criminal data not publicly retrievable from ECS portal at time of verification (portal returned 403). Wikipedia and BSS are primary cross-checked sources. Vote share computed from BSS raw counts divided by Wikipedia turnout figure (145,990 / 215,635 = 67.71%; 57,351 / 215,635 = 26.60%; margin 41.11 pp). Registered voters 388,550 per BSS pre-election report; turnout 55.5%. Prior terms: Wikipedia lists 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th parliaments plus one additional term giving 6 prior terms; BSS interview confirms 'six consecutive times since 1986'. The 6th Parliament (Feb-Mar 1996) term attribution requires further verification. committee_memberships left empty: as Speaker he chairs the full House, not a standing committee. Wealth/cases fields null: EC portal inaccessible; no secondary reporting of disclosed figures found.
Sources
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360634
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhola-3
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafiz_Uddin_Ahmad
- https://www.bssnews.net/interview/358790
- https://www.bssnews.net/news-flash/368143
- https://gonotaar.com/2026/03/12/major-retd-hafiz-uddin-ahmed-elected-speaker-of-13th-parliament/
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/speaker-hafiz-uddin-urges-mps-follow-parliamentary-decorum-warns-against-rule-violations
- https://www.bssnews.net/js-session/380055
- https://dailynewnation.com/news/824983
- https://viewsbangladesh.com/seventime-mp-hafiz-uddin-now-to-preside-over-13th-parliament/
- https://en.thedailycorporate.com/a-war-hero-and-a-lawyer-the-story-behind-speaker-hafiz-uddin-ahmad-and-deputy-speaker-kayser-kamal/