Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin

Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin (Bengali: মীর মোহাম্মদ নাসিরুদ্দিন) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism.[1]

Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin
মীর মোহাম্মদ নাসিরুদ্দিন
Nasiruddin in Kolkata (2005)
State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
In office
10 October 2001 – 17 November 2005
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded bySayed Ashraful Islam
Succeeded byMd. Mahbub Ali
2nd Mayor of Chittagong
In office
1 May 1991 – 20 December 1993
Preceded byMahmudul Islam Chowdhury
Succeeded byA. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury
Personal details
BornChittagong, East Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
ResidenceChittagong

Career

Nasiruddin served as the State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism in the Second Khaleda Cabinet.[2] He was the Four-party Alliance candidate in the 2005 Chittagong Mayoral election. He was defeated by the incumbent Mayor A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Awami League.[3] He is an adviser of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson and former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia.[4] On 5 May 2017, he met the chief Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Shah Ahmad Shafi, at Hathazari Madrasa, Chittagong.[5]

Corruption

On 12 July 2007, Nasiruddin was jailed by a special Anti-Corruption court for corruption along with his son Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin for 13 years.[6] Bangladesh High Court nullified the sentences in August 2010. On 3 July 2014, Bangladesh Supreme Court scrapped the High Court order that acquitted him of all charges.[7]

References
  1. "Mir Nasir arrested". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin talks to The Star City". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. "It's Mohiuddin Again". Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  4. "Opposition calls hartal for Sunday in 4 dists". The Daily Star. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. "BNP leader Mir Nasir meets Hefazat chief". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  6. "Bangladesh ex-minister jailed for 13 years for graft". Reuters. 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  7. "SC scrubs acquital of Mir Nasir, son". The Daily Star. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2018.


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