Sayeed Iskander was a Bangladeshi politician and army major.
10 Facts About Sayeed Iskander
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Sayeed Iskander was a member of the Bangladeshi parliament from 2001 to 2006, representing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from the Feni-1 constituency.
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Sayeed Iskander was the younger brother of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.
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Sayeed Iskander was born on 13 January 1953 in Dinajpur.
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Sayeed Iskander belonged to a Bengali Muslim family with origins in Fulgazi, Feni District.
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Sayeed Iskander was the son of tea-businessman Iskandar Ali Majumder, who was in turn the son of Salamat Ali Majumdar, who was the son of Azgar Ali Majumdar, who was the son of Nahar Muhammad Khan, who was the son of Murad Khan, a 16th-century Pashtun immigrant.
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Sayeed Iskander went on to become the vice president of the Central Committee of the League.
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Sayeed Iskander retired from the army in 1982 with the rank of major.
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Sayeed Iskander then joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, a political party founded by his brother-in-law President Ziaur Rahman.
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Sayeed Iskander died from lung cancer on 23 September 2012 in New York, United States.