Full Name: Md. Shahriar Alam

Affiliation: Bangladesh Awami League

Current Position: State Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Date of Birth: March 01, 1970

Place of Birth: Bangladesh

Home District: Rajshahi

Constituency: 57, Rajshahi-6

Term: Third (9th-2008, 10th-2014, 11th-2018)

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Profile:

Shahriar Alam (born 01 March 1970) is a Bangladeshi Politician, Businessman, incumbent State Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament representing Rajshahi-6 constituency.

Shahriar was born at Chattogram District. He spent his early life in Lalmonirhat and Rajshahi. In 1985, he passed SSC from Rajshahi Shirol High School and HSC from Rajshahi New Government Degree College in 1988. He received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dhaka City College and obtained an MBA from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka afterwards. He completed 1st Capstone course at the Bangladesh National Defence College (NDC).

Shahriar started his career as a businessman in Ready Made Garments (RMG) Sector in 1995. As a prominent entrepreneur having an interest in different fields, his main focus was on textile industry that employed 25 thousand workers. His company exporting to major destinations includes Japan, Australia and Russia. He won the National Export Trophy in Knitwear Category for 2007–2008. The business house established by him trains disables with the assistance from the Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) and employs the highest number of physically challenged individuals. This led to CSR Award from global buyers.

Shahriar has been working as an active member of Bangladesh Awami League since 1997. He has also served as a member of the Awami League Sub-Committee on Information, Research & Publicity and Publications. Shahriar has thrice been elected as a member of the National Parliament, consecutively in 2008, 2014 and 2018 from the Rajshahi-6 constituency with the highest victory margins.

As a Member of the Parliament, Shahriar has made colossal contributions in various capacities. As the Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Information, he significantly contributed to finalizing the draft of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. He placed a motion in the Parliament under the Rule 142 as a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Science & Technology. It paved the way to set up the first ever nuclear power plant in Bangladesh. In addition, he played a key role as a member of the Preview Committee on Sangsad Bangladesh TV.

Shahriar was first sworn in as the State Minister for Foreign Affairs on 12 January 2014; and again reappointed on 7 January in 2019 for his continued success at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As the State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shahriar has been actively representing the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in various international forums. He acted as the Vice Chairman of All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) on Climate Change, Education and Poverty Reduction; and on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP), World Trade Organization and Bangladesh Development Forum. Under his leadership Bangladesh participated in International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) meeting of the UN Human Rights Commission, Convention Against Torture (CAT) and the 3rd Universal Periodic Review (UPR).  All these enormously elevated the human rights condition in Bangladesh.

Out of corporate social responsibility, Shahriar trains disables with the assistance from Center for Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP) and employs the highest number of physically challenged individuals. This led to the conferment of CSR Award from Global buyers on him.

Shahriar is well-known for his pro-people commitments. An avid promoter of education, he spent all of his remuneration received as the Member of the Parliament to run monthly scholarship programs for secondary school students of his constituency. He is an avid patronizer of a famous SME enterprise named ‘Kaluhati Shoe Cluster’ located in his own constituency. He is devoted to developing the enterprise and internationalizing its products. Besides, he actively promotes Rajshahi-brand agricultural products like mangoes, sugarcanes, lychees, Molasses etc. at home and abroad. In pursuit of a poverty-free Bangladesh, he established the North Bengal Development Forum to adopt different development agenda of the region.

Shahriar is quite passionate about reading, music and sports, especially cricket, football, hockey, golf and lawn tennis. He established the first ever Cricket School in Rajshahi and some of the cricketers of this school have proved themselves to be accommodated in the national cricket team. He has served as the Vice President of Bangladesh Hockey Federation. Currently he is the President of Bangladesh Tennis Federation and one of the Directors of the Abahani Limited, the biggest sports organization of the country. He has always been deeply involved in sensitizing people about creating an ethics-based work environment where everyone is held accountable.

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