Background
Mirza Abbas was born in February 7, 1951 in a respectable Muslim family in Kishoreganj. He was the son of businessman Abdur Razzak and Kamla Khatun.
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Education
After obtaining his Bachelor of Commerce degree, he associated himself with his family business named Mirza Enterprises.
Career
He was the Mayor of Dhaka City Corporation from 1991 to 1993. He had his schooling in the local educational institutions in Kishoreganj. Later, he got admitted to the University of Dhaka in 1966.
He became a successful businessman due to his prudence and hard work.
Mirza Abbas was officially introduced to the Board of Dhaka Bank Limited as an Alternate Director in November 1995. He was appointed Director of the bank on March 29, 2012.
Mirza Abbas played a vital role in the movement against the autocratic rule of Hussain Mohammed Ershad in 1980s. He was among the leaders who orchestrated the 1990 uprising in Bangladesh.
Mirza Abbas Uddin Ahmed was appointed as the Mayor of Dhaka City Corporation in 1991.
He served as the Mayor of the city till the December of 1993. He eased the suffering of thousands by developing infrastructure around the metropolis. He was appointed as the Minister of Housing and Public Works.
Mirza Abbas, as a minister, time and again focused on the strict enforcement of Wetland Protection Acting to ensure environmental balance and flooding.
The Ministry of Housing and Public Works under his able leadership amended the Building Construction Rules that was finally enacted in December 2006. Under his auspices, the Ministry also formulated Private Housing Land Development Rules, a guideline to streamline real estate developers particularly involved in filling up thousands of acres of wetland and flood flow zones.
He was later given the responsibility of the convener of party’s Dhaka city unit in 2014. In 2015, he collected his nomination form to contest as a mayoral candidate from Dhaka South City Corporation.
He was later imprisoned during the caretaker government regime from 2007 to 2008 on corruption charges.
On September 8 of 2008, he was given bail and the procedure of the cases against him was stayed. Apart from a veteran leader, Mirza Abbas is also known as an active social worker He established the Mirza Abbas Mohila Degree College for the betterment of women education in his locality.
He has a soft corner to the physically and mentally challenged children that inspire him to work for them.
Achievements
Politics
Mirza Abbas is the member of national standing committee of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, one of the most influential political parties of Bangladesh. Mirza Abbas is among those leaders who started their political career with the emergence of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and worked arm-in-arm with President Ziaur Rahman. He was well known for his pro-liberation role in the party as he refused to work with anti-liberation elements and complained about them to the party chief
Membership
He was the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Dhaka-6 from 2001 to 2006, and Minister of Housing and Public Works in Khaleda"s cabinet. Later, in the election of 2001, Mirza Abbas was elected as a member of parliament from capital Dhaka. In The 5th National Council of Bangladesh Nationalist Party of 2009, he was selected as a national standing committee member of the party for his contribution towards the party.
