ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milan
| Former State Minister |
| Politician |
Full Name: Abu Naser Muhammad Ehsanul Hoque Milan
Affiliation: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)
Current Position: International Relations Secretary
Date of Birth: March 26, 1957
Place of Birth: Bangladesh
Home District: Chandpur
Constituency: 260, Chandpur-1
Term: Second (7th-1996, 8th-2001)
Nationality: Bangladeshi
Profile:
ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milan (born 26 March 1957) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician, former State Minister and former Member of Parliament representing Chandpur-1 constituency. Milan as the State Minister of Ministry of Education from October 2001 – October 2006 of Khaleda Zia’s cabinet.
Milan was talented, intelligent and playful from his childhood. He completed 'Secondary education' from Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Government Boys' High School and 'Higher secondary education' from Government Intermediate Technical College (at present Government Science College). After graduation from the department of chemistry, University of Dhaka, he moved to United States for higher education in 1982. He achieved an MBA degree from the New York Institute of Technology. At the same time, he served as an adjunct lecturer in Brooklyn College and Borough of Manhattan Community College and worked as a chemist in Super Farm Pharmaceutical Industry. In 2018, he was awarded a PhD in Political science from International Islamic University Malaysia. His PhD thesis is about "Human Capital and Socio-Economic Development: The Role of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Bangladesh".
Milan was elected Sports Secretary of Fazlul Haque Hall Chhatra Sangsad from the Jasad-backed Chhatra League in 1978-79. He later joined the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal at the invitation of Shaheed Zia and was nominated as the youngest member of the 21-member Central Convening Committee of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal. He was twice elected vice-president of the Fazlul Haque Hall Chhatra Sangsad from the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal in 1979-80 and 1980-81. After the martyrdom of President Ziaur Rahman, he was nominated as the financial secretary of central committee of the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal.
Milan was the founder convener of BNP-USA chapter and secretary of US-BNP until 1996. In the meantime, he was chosen as the International Affairs Secretary by Khaleda Zia in 1993. He became a parliament member for the first time in the 7th national parliament election held in 1996 from the constituency 260, Chandpur-1, Kachua. In the election of 8th national parliament held in 2001, he defeated the Awami League candidate former minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir with a large margin. Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia appointed Milan as the state minister for education. After being responsible for Chandpur, he started a movement called Jatka Nidhon Protirodh Andolon (Stop Killing Small Hilsa Fish) in his own initiative.
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