Md. Tajul Islam

Mohammad Tajul Islam (born 30 June 1955) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Comilla-9. In January 2019, he was appointed as the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development.[1]

Md. Tajul Islam
Tajul Islam in 2022
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development
Assumed office
7 January 2019
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byKhandaker Mosharraf Hossain
Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)
Assumed office
2008
Preceded byMonirul Haq Chowdhury
ConstituencyComilla-9
Personal details
Born (1955-06-30) 30 June 1955
Pomgaon, Comilla District, East Bengal
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
EducationMBA Degree

Early life

Tajul Islam was born on 30 June 1955 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.[2] 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. Islam completed an accounting and finance diploma from Aston University in Birmingham, England and is recipient of an MBA degree from Southern University, Bangladesh.[3]

Career

Tajul Islam was elected to parliament in 1996. He was appointed a Member of the Standing Committee on Home Ministry in 2000.[4] He was elected to parliament from Comilla-9 in 2008 and 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[5] He served as the chairman of the Parliamentary standing committee on power and energy.[6]

References
  1. "47-member new cabinet announced". The Daily Star. 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  2. "Constituency 257_10th_Bn". বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় সংসদ সচিবালয়, Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. "Md. Tajul Islam Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  4. "12 JS committees reconstituted". The Daily Star. 26 January 2000. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  5. "Md. Tajul Islam History". Amarmp. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  6. "Industrial sector's development hindered by gas crisis: JS body chief". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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