Gazaria Upazila Administration
Gazaria upazila parishad consists of a chairman, two vice-chairpersons (one of them a woman), chairmen of all union parishads under the upazila concerned and women members of the reserved seat. The chairman of the upazila parishad enforces executive power to implement the decisions taken by the Parishad. The Upazila Nirbahi Officer( UNO) serves as the chief executive officer of the upazila and the government appointed one secretary to the parishad. The government employed its officer or employee to the parishad for executing general or special duties on specific condition.
The Upazil acenter situates at Rasulpur.
Current Upazila Parishad (2011-202016)
Chairman
Mr.Refaet Ullah Khan (Tota)
Vice Chairpersons
1.Mahbubul Hoque Mojnu
2.Ms Imami
History of Gazaria Upazila Parishad
In 1976, General Ziaur Rahman promulgated a local government ordinance providing for Zila Parishad in each district.Though the said ordinance the Zila Parishads was composed of elected representatives for a five-year term. Two years after promulgation of the ordinance, the country's first military ruler amended the constitution through a martial law proclamation to bring back the provision requiring the government to promote local government institutions.
In the year 1982, General HM Ershad introduced Upazila system. During his rule, he promulgated an ordinance and five acts including the Zila parishad Act of 1988.Under this Act Gazaria thana was upgraded to upazila and designated as focal point of administration with responsibility for all local development activities.
The central government retained the authority to oversee regulatory functions and major development activities of national and regional importance.
Ershad regime held two upazila elections--one in 1985 and the other in 1990.
Zila parishads constituted under the Act of 1988 worked up to 1990.
With the downfall of Ershad, the Zila Parishad chairmen, most of whom were MPs from Ershad's Jatiya Party, were removed and DCs returned as ex-officio chairmen.
The BNP-led government also abolished the upazila system shortly after coming to power in 1991. Things did not improve even after reintroduction of the constitutional provisions on local government in 1991. The zila parishads continued functioning under the act of 1988 during the BNP rule between 1991 and 1996.
In 2000, the AL-led government repealed the Zila Parishad Act of 1988 and framed a new law providing for direct election to the parishads. But no election was held held, allowing the bureaucrats to run the Parishads.
In 1998, the AL-led government reinstated the upazila system. But over 12 more years were needed to hold elections. Upazila polls were finally held in January 2011, but the elected representatives have not yet been able to do much due to opposition from local administration and interference from the lawmakers who are advisers to the Parishads.
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