Gazi Enamul Haque

Gazi Enamul Haque is the member of parliament (MP) in the 13th Parliament for Jashore-5 (Manirampur). This Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader is representing the seat in Parliament for the first time and is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Commerce. By profession he is a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and he is also a writer and poet.

He was born in Potri village of Rohita union, Manirampur upazila, Jashore district. His father, Dr Mozammel Haque, was a physician by profession, and his mother is Mst. Nurjahan Begum. He is the second of ten siblings. After primary education at Smaranpur Government Primary School, he passed the secondary examination from Jhikargacha Badruddin Muslim High School in 1974 and the higher secondary from Jhikargacha Shahid Mashiur Rahman Degree College in 1982. He then obtained an LLB (Honours) in 1987 and an LLM in 1988 from the University of Dhaka.

Having received his Bangladesh Bar Council licence in 1991, he became a member of the Jashore District Bar Association in 1992. He has practised as a lawyer at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh since 1994. Since the 1970s he has regularly written poems, rhymes and songs. Several of his books have been published, and audio and video recordings of many Islamic songs he wrote and set to music have been released.

As a student he joined Islami Chhatra Shibir in 1980 and served as secretary of its Tejgaon thana unit in Dhaka. While living in Fazlul Huq Hall at the University of Dhaka, he stood for literary secretary in the 1991 DUCSU election. After finishing his studies he joined Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in 1991 and became a rukon (full member) in 1992. He later served as a member of the Majlis-e-Shura and working committee of the Jashore district Jamaat. He stood as a candidate in Keshabpur in 2001 and in the Manirampur upazila election in 2014.

In the 13th parliamentary election held on 12 February 2026 he was elected MP for Jashore-5 with 132,876 votes under the scales symbol. In his personal life he is the father of four children.

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