Anwarul Azim (politician)

Not to be confused with Md. Anwarul Azim Anar.

Anwarul Azim is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament from Comilla-10. He served in the Bangladesh Army as an engineer and retired as colonel, before moving on to become a pioneer of the garments industry as chairman of Alana Group.

Anwarul Azim
আনওয়ারুল আজিম
Member of Parliament for Comilla-10
In office 2001–2006
Preceded by	Md. Tajul Islam
Succeeded by	Mustafa Kamal
Personal details
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Military service
Allegiance	Bangladesh  Pakistan (before 1971)
Branch/service	Bangladesh Army  Pakistan Army
Years of service	1969–1989
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Corps of Electrical Mechanical Engineers
Commands	Commandant of Electrical Mechanical Engineering Center and School Commandant of 901st Central EME Workshop
Battles/wars	Bangladesh Liberation War

Career

Col. M. Anwarul Azim began his military career when he enlisted in the 2nd War Course of the Pakistan Armed Forces. After the independence of Bangladesh, he became an officer of the newly established Bangladesh Army and eventually retired as a colonel.^[1]

After a successful career in the Armed forces, Col. Anwar entered civilian life as one of the pioneers of the garments industry. The launch of his first factory, Alana Garments Ltd. grew to become what is now known as Alana Group, a conglomerate of ready made garment factories with operations in Dhaka, Chittagong, and Mymensingh, currently headquartered in Mohakhali DOHS Dhaka.

He was elected to parliament in 2001 from Comilla-10 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate.^[2] He contested the 2019 general elections also as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate. His car was attacked by activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League and Swechchhasebak League on 24 December 2015.^[3] In 2016, he was made the organizing secretary of the Comilla division unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.^[4]

References

1. "BNP names assistant organising secretaries". bdnews24.com. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
2. "4-party aspirants file nominations". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
3. "Ruling party men allegedly attack BNP leader Azim's motorcade". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
4. "BNP announces more names of new central committee". New Age. Archived from the original on 26 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.