Syed Zainul Abedin
Profile
- Party
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Constituency
- Dhaka-4
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
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- Cabinet role
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Advocating against the merger of Social Islami Bank and for return of the bank to its original shareholders; no reported government or cabinet role.
Recent activity
- 2026-04-12 statement Sent letter to Financial Institutions Division urging government not to merge Social Islami Bank PLC (SIBL) with other troubled lenders and to return the bank to its original owners; alleged former Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur harmed SIBL by installing an inexperienced independent board after the 2024 changeover. ↗↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Sworn in as Member of Parliament for Dhaka-4 in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad; first-ever Jamaat-e-Islami MP to hold a Dhaka seat since independence. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Constituency 177 = Dhaka-4 confirmed across Wikipedia, EC constituency list, and Dhaka Tribune. Winner confirmed by TBS (margin 2,920 votes: 77,367 to 74,447), Prothom Alo, Wikipedia, and BSS. Raw vote counts for winner and runner-up are cross-confirmed from two independent sources; total valid votes for Dhaka-4 were not published in accessible form, so vote_share_percent, runner_up_vote_share, total_valid_votes, and margin_percent are null rather than estimated. Abedin was born 1 March 1971 in Bakerganj, Barishal (age 55 at time of election); this is his first parliamentary term. Constituency covers Shyampur and Kadamtali thanas in Dhaka South City Corporation (wards 47, 51-54, 58-61); boundary was last redrawn ahead of 2008 elections, not 2024. Prothom Alo affidavit analysis (pre-election) reported annual income ~Tk 2.5 million and bank deposits Tk 5.83 million, but the EC affidavit PDF was not directly accessible; per EC-only rule, wealth_disclosed_bdt and income_annual_disclosed_bdt are left null. No criminal cases found in any source. Abedin worked at Social Islami Bank from its early years until retiring as vice president in January 2026; his April 12 SIBL letter is his most prominent post-election public action. The 'special committee chairman Zainul Abedin' in BSS/Dhaka Tribune reports on ordinance review is the MP from Barishal-3, a different person. Runner-up Tanveer Ahmed Robin is member secretary of BNP Dhaka City South unit.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka-4
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Zainul_Abedin_(politician)
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/2b9cr33b9c
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/jkqctjdrxz
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/jamaat-secures-first-ever-parliamentary-wins-dhaka-1360676
- https://www.bssnews.net/interview/358664
- https://www.thedailystar.net/news/politics/news/jamaat-mp-asks-finance-ministry-not-merge-sibl-4172741
- https://www.newagebd.net/post/banking/299361/lawmaker-seeks-return-of-sibl-to-original-owners
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/403237/dhaka-divisional-commissioner-s-office-announces