Nizam Hazari

Nizam Uddin Hazari (born 1 January 1966) is an Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Feni-2 constituency.

Early life Hazari was born on 1 January 1966 to Dil Afroze Begum and Zainal Abedin. He has a B.com degree.

Career Hazari started politics while he was a student of Chittagong Govt. Commerce College. In the 1990s Uddin worked under AJM Nasir Uddin in Chittagong. Uddin was sentenced to jail on an arms case on 22 March 1992. He had appealed against the verdict with Bangladesh High Court and Bangladesh Supreme Court.

Hazari was elected to parliament from Feni-2 in 2014 unopposed as the election was boycotted by all major political parties. He resigned from the post of mayor of Feni to participate in the election. According to The Daily Star, Uddin is believed to be behind the murder but he was not charged in case.

On 8 June 2014, Bangladesh High Court issued a ruling asking the Election Commission, Government of Bangladesh, and Hazari to explain why his parliamentary membership should not be cancelled due to his conviction in the arms case.

In January 2017, Hazari sued the editor, Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, of The Daily Observer over a report in the newspaper that described him as a drug lord. In November 2017, Bangladesh Nationalist Party alleged Uddin of being responsible for an attack on the convoy of Khaleda Zia, former prime minister and chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

Hazari was re-elected in 2018 from Feni-2 as a candidate of Awami League. He is a trustee board member of Feni University.

Hazari visited Feni jail without permission and violating rules numerous times in 2019 to visit imprisoned Jubo League leaders.

On 13 August 2024, Hazari was named as a primary accused in a murder case filed over the killing of an auto-rickshaw driver in Feni during the Non-cooperation movement (2024) on 4 August. Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, his home in Feni was burned down and vandalized in February 2025.