Jahangir Mohammad Adel
# Jahangir Mohammad Adel

Jahangir Mohammad Adel (Bengali: জাহাংগীর মোহাম্মদ আদেল, romanized: Jāhāṅgīra Mōhām'mada Ādēla; died 13 November 2014) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jatiya Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dhaka-12 from 1979 to 1982 and MP for Dhaka-7 from 1986 to 1988. He served as Dhaka's deputy mayor.

## Career

He served as Dhaka's deputy mayor. Kamal Hossain, a leader of the Bangladesh Awami League, was shot and killed on August 14, 2000, outside Adel's home after objecting to the flying of Pakistan's flag on Pakistan Day inside Adel's home in Old Dhaka. His sons were acquitted in 2003 in the case. He was a former presidium member of Jatiya Party.

## Death

Jahangir Mohammad Adel passed away on November 13, 2014.

