Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi

Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi (Bengali: ফেরদৌস আহমদ কোরেশি; 1941-2020) was a Bangladeshi politician and chairman of the Progressive Democratic Party.[1]

Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi
ফেরদৌস আহমদ কোরেশী
President of Progressive Democratic Party
In office
7 June 2007 – 31 August 2020
Personal details
Born(1941-01-14)January 14, 1941
Chittagong, Bengal Presidency (now Bangladesh)
DiedAugust 31, 2020(2020-08-31) (aged 79)
Dhaka Cantonment
Nationality
Political partyProgressive Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations		Bangladesh Nationalist Party (until 2007)
SpouseNilufar Panna Qureshi

Early life

Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi was born in 1941 to a Bengali Muslim family in Chittagong, Bengal Presidency (now Bangladesh). His family claimed descent from the Quraysh, an Arab tribe which the Islamic prophet Muhammad and many of his companions belong to.

Career

Qureshi served as president of the student political organization East Pakistan Chhatra League from 1967 to 1968.[2]

During the Bangladesh Liberation War he edited the Daily Deshbangla newspaper.[3] After the war, he led a faction of the Jatiya Janata Party. The party merged with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in May 1980, and Qureshi became joint secretary general of the BNP.[1][4]

In 2004 he formed the Green Party of Bangladesh.[5] During the rule of the caretaker government from 2007 to 2009 he called for the formation of alternate parties to be created in Bangladesh.[6]

He formed the Progressive Democratic Party in July 2007.[7] He joined the Jatiya Jukta Front, an alliance of political parties to compete in the parliamentary elections in 2008.[8] The alliance broke up in the same year.[9] He was the chairman of the PDP until his death.[10]

References
  1. "PDP chairman Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi no more". Prothom Alo. 31 August 2020.
  2. Amin-al-Zaman (2004). Party Factionalism in Bangladesh: A Case Study of the Awami League (1971-97) (PDF) (PhD). Aligarh Muslim University. p. 227.
  3. "Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi passes away". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 31 August 2020.
  4. Haque, Azizul (February 1981). "Bangladesh in 1980: Strains and Stresses -- Opposition in the Doldrums". Asian Survey. 21 (2): 195. JSTOR 2643764.
  5. "Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi Forms Green Party in Bangladesh". VOA (in Bengali). 2004-07-31. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  6. "Interview With BNP Leader Ferdous Ahmed Qureshi". VOA (in Bengali). Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  7. Lansford, Tom (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2014. CQ Press. p. 116. ISBN 9781483386263.
  8. "PDP joins Jukta Front". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  9. Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 160. ISBN 9780810874534.
  10. "Ex-DUCSU VP Ferdous Qureshi passes away". The Daily Observer. 31 August 2020.


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