Obaidul Quader[a] (born 31 December 1949)[Note 1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who has been the General Secretary of the party since October 2016.

Obaidul Quader was born on 1 January 1950 to Mosharrof Hussain and Begum Fazilatunnesa[5] in Bara Rajapur village, in what is now Companiganj Upazila, Noakhali, Bangladesh.

[13] Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Quader's home in Noakhali was burned down and vandalized in February 2025.

On 15 July 2024, Quader reportedly stated that the BCL was prepared to respond to what he described as the audacity of anti-quota protesters who had demonstrated in their respective universities the previous night.

[16] On 17 July, he urged party members to remain vigilant and position themselves in every ward across the country to counter what he called the "evil efforts" of the protesters.

On 13 August 2024, a murder complaint was filed in a Dhaka court against Quader, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and four other former government officials, alleging their involvement in the killing of a grocer during the protests on 19 July.

[23] Obaidul Quader later accepted of owning the expensive wristwatches cited in the report to the media and claimed that the watches were gifted to him by Awami League supporters and leaders.

[24] In April 2023, in an interview with Voice of America he admitted that he has a rich collection of wristwatches and he accepted expensive gifts from party supporters.