ABM Abul Kashem | |
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এ বি এম আবুল কাসেম | |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 6 January 2009 – 28 January 2014 | |
Preceded by | L. K. Siddiqi |
Succeeded by | Didarul Alam |
Constituency | Chittagong-3 |
In office 23 June 1996 – 15 July 2001 | |
Preceded by | L. K. Siddiqi |
Succeeded by | L. K. Siddiqi |
Constituency | Chittagong-2 |
Personal details | |
Died | 24 November 2015 (Aged 80) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Children | SM Al Mamun (son) |
ABM Abul Kashem was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and member of parliament for Chittagong-2 and Chittagong-3.
Kashem was elected to parliament in 2008 from Chittagong-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[1] He served as the chairman of the parliamentary committee for the Ministry of Commerce.[2]
Kashem's son, SM Al Mamun, tried to grab land from ship breaking companies in Sitakunda Upazila for his ship breaking company, Unique Ship-breaking Yard, on 7 October 2009. His son also assaulted journalists trying to cover the incident.[3][4] Kashem later apologized for his son's actions.[5]
Kashem died on 24 November 2015 in Square Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[6]