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Md Tazul Islam
Bangladeshi politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohammad Tazul Islam (born 30 June 1955) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Comilla-9 constituency. In January 2024, he is a former Minister of Local Government and Rural Development,[1] succeeding the 2019 election where he held the same position.[2]
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Early life
Tazul Islam was born on 30 June 1955[3] in the village of Pomgaon in Laksam, Comilla District, East Bengal (now under Monoharganj Upazila, Bangladesh). He was the eldest of the three sons and four daughters of Zulfiqar Ali and Anwara Begum. Islam studied at the Pomgaon Government Primary School and Pomgaon High School. He then went onto study at the Nawab Faizunnesa Government College, before enrolling at the University of Chittagong where he earned his BA.[citation needed] Islam obtained an MBA[4] in marketing from Southern University, Bangladesh and an MBA in finance from the International Business School of Scandinavia, respectively.[citation needed]
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Career
Islam was elected from Comilla-9 ( Laksam-Monohorgonj ) constituency as a member of parliament in 1996, 2008, 2014, 2018, and most recently in 2024.[5] After the 2024 general election, the Hon'ble Prime Minister appointed him as the Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives[6] for a second consecutive term.
As a long-serving parliamentarian, Islam worked with the standing committee of Home, Planning, and Finance Ministry as a member and worked as Chairman of standing committee of Power and Energy from 2014 to 2018.[7]
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Personal life
He is married to Fauzia Islam. The couple had 2 daughters and 2 sons.
References
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