Kazi Firoz Rashid

Kazi Firoz Rashid (born 2 February 1947) is a Jatiya Party politician and a former member of parliament for [Gopalganj-3 and Dhaka-6]. He started politics at a very early age. When he was in class nine in school, he participated in the movement against Pakistan's then President General Ayub Khan's education system. During his study at university, he was elected vice president thrice from the then Jagannath College (now, Jagannath University) in 1967, 1968, and 1969. He also was elected as vice president of City Law College twice. Mr. Rashid participated in the 1971 Liberation War and hence is a valiant freedom fighter. He acted in the film "Ora Egarojon" in English it is titled "War Of Eleven Soldiers", which was the first cinema based on the Liberation War Of Bangladesh. He completed his M.A. and LL.B from Dhaka University and started his career as a lawyer in 1973. He was elected Senate Member of Dhaka University in 1978 and 1982.

He was the chairman of Dhaka Stock Exchange PLC from 1986 to 1988. He is a life member of Bangla Academy. He is the founder general secretary of the Parliament Members' Club of Bangladesh. He is the director in charge of Mohammedan Sporting Club Ltd. His father, the late Kazi Muzaffar Hussain, was the first Muslim lawyer of the then Gopalganj sub division and was the founder president of the then Gopalganj sub division Awami League.