Sarwar Kamal Azizi

Sarwar Kamal Azizi is a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar and politician. He is a former Nayeb-e-Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and currently serves as the President of the Bangladesh Nizam-e-Islam Party. He is also the Director of Shah Waliullah Academy, Chittagong, and the Director General of Jamiatul Anwar Hemayat-ul-Islam Qawmi Madrasa in Padua.

Biography

Sarwar Kamal Azizi was born in 1947 in the Nayapara area of Padua village under Lohagara Upazila in the Chittagong District. He completed his primary education at a local Islamiya Qawmi Madrasa and later enrolled at Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya, where he completed Dawrah-e-Hadith. Alongside religious education, he also obtained a general academic degree.
He was one of the key office-bearers of Jamiat-e-Talaba-e-Arabia, a Muslim student organization. In 1981, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Central Committee of the Nezame Islam Party. In 1984, he became Joint Convener of the party’s central committee. In 2007, he served as Senior Vice President of the party. On 4 September 2019, he was elected Ameer of the party at a meeting of the Majlis-e-Shura.