Full Name: Md. Tazul Islam

Affiliation: Bangladesh Awami League

Current Position: Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-Operatives

Date of Birth: June 30, 1955

Place of Birth: Bangladesh

Home District: Cumilla

Constituency: 257, Cumilla-9

Term: Fourth (7th-1996, 9th-2008, 10th-2014, 11th-2018)

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Profile:

Md. Tazul Islam (born 01 October 1946) is a Bangladeshi businessman, politician, Incumbent Minister and Member of Parliament representing Cumilla-9 constituency. He is elected as a Member of Parliament total of four times. In January 2019, he was appointed as the Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-Operatives.

Tazul is a prominent political personality, successful businessman and a reputed social worker of the country. He was born in a respectable Muslim family of the village Pomgaon of Monohorganj Upazila of Cumilla district. He is the proud son of Alhaj Julfikar Ali and Mst. Anwara Begum.

Tazul started his student life in Pomgaon Government Primary School. He completed secondary and higher secondary level education from Pomgaon High School and Nobab Foijunnesa Government College respectively. He completed his graduation and post-graduation from the University of Chittagong. Afterwards he obtained Diploma in Accounting & Finance and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the prestigious Aston University and Southern University of London.

In his illustrious career he established many industries, insurance companies, banks and other institutions that are contributing in the overall development of the country. He is also associated with the endeavor of publishing a daily newspaper in order to mobilize general mass for adorning honesty, sincerity and patriotism.

Tazul is actively involved in politics from his student life to build “Sonar Bangla”, a country free from poverty, hunger and all forms of discriminations & oppressions, which was the dream of Bongobondhu, the Father of the nation Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Motivated by the spirit of the Father of the nation, he participated the National Elections with the Symbol “Traditional Boat” (Nouka) and become Member of Parliament (MP) in the year 1996, 2008, 2014 and 2018. This time honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appointed him as Minister and has given the charge of Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives. In the previous terms he performed as the member of parliamentary standing committee of the Ministry of Home, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning. He was also the president of the parliamentary standing committee of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources. During his carrier as a businessman and politician, spanning over 40 years Tazul garnered diversified experience particularly in dealing with public and private sector policy formulation.

Tazul led Bangladesh Missions in United Nations, Asian Development Bank, JICA etc. in several times.

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