Sheikh Razzak Ali

Sheikh Razzak Ali (28 August 1928 – 7 June 2015)[1] was a Bangladeshi politician, Deputy Law Minister of State and Deputy Speaker and two time Speaker of Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad.

Born in 1928 in Hitampur village, Paikgacha in Khulna district, Ali obtained his MA in economics from Dhaka University in 1952.

Between 1949 and 1950, Ali worked as a teacher in the RKBK Harishchandra Collegiate School of Prafulla Chandra Ray in Paikgachha Upazila.

In September of the same year, he presided over the IPU conference held in Stockholm (Sweden) as the vice-president.

In 2006, he resigned from the BNP to join the Liberal Democratic Party (Bangladesh) as its Executive President.

[2] Ali was Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK between 2002 and 2003, when he resigned from his position.

Ali at the BNP with Khaleda Zia
Ali chairing a session at the UN
Ali as UK high-commissioner meeting Queen Elizabeth II