Shamsul Hoque Tuku
Shamsul Hoque Tuku | |
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শামসুল হক টুকু | |
13th Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad | |
In office 28 August 2022 – 6 August 2024 | |
Speaker | Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury |
Preceded by | Fazle Rabbi Miah |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 6 January 2009 – 6 August 2024 | |
Preceded by | Motiur Rahman Nizami |
Succeeded by | Vacant |
Constituency | Pabna-1 |
Minister of State for Home Affairs | |
In office July 2009 – 12 January 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Personal details | |
Born | 31 May 1948 |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Shamsul Hoque Tuku (born 31 May 1948)[1] is a Awami League politician and a former member and deputy speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad.[2][3] He is the former minister of home affairs in the second Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.[4] Tuku was elected to parliament from Pabna-1 in 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024.[5][6]
Biography
[edit]Tuku was born on 31 May 1948. He has master's degrees in communication, arts, and law.[7] He is a lawyer.[8]
Tuku was elected to parliament for the first time in the ninth Bangladesh parliamentary election, in 2008, representing constituency Pabna-1.[9] In July 2009, he was appointed as a state minister for the Home Ministry by the cabinet council of the Bangladesh government.[10] His house in Pabna district, which was rented out to the local passport office, was fire damaged by members of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in 2013.[11]
Tuku was re-elected to parliament in the tenth Bangladesh parliamentary election, in 2014.[8] He is a member of three parliamentary standing committees: Ministry of Home Affairs; Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs; and Public Accounts.[12] On 28 August 2022, he has been selected for the vacant post of deputy speaker of the Jatiyo Sangsad.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Tuku's brother, Abdul Baten, is the mayor of Bera Municipality. In October 2020, Baten was accused of "misbehaving" with the upazila nirbahi officer.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Constituency 68_10th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 14 November 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "Shamsul Haque Tuku elected Deputy Speaker". August 2022.
- ^ "Shamsul Haque Tuku sworn in as deputy speaker of JS". 28 August 2022.
- ^ "2 arrested following deadly Bangladesh building collapse". cbsnews.com. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Md. Shamsul Hoque Tuku -শামসুল হক টুকু History". Amarmp. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ "List of 11th Parliament Members English". National Parliament of Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Md. Shamsul Hoque Tuku -শামসুল হক টুকু". Amarmp. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Kids still attend classes in bldg abandoned 3 yrs ago". The Daily Star. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". Amar Desh. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Tuku, new state minister for home, warns against 'tender terror'". bdnews24.com. 1 August 2009.
- ^ "Ten killed in Bangladesh violence after Jamaat leader's hanging". ndtv.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Name of Committees for 10th Parliament (English)". Bangladesh Parliament.
- ^ "Shamsul Haque Tuku to take oath as Deputy Speaker". Daily Bangladesh. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Bera mayor 'misbehaves' with UNO". The Daily Star. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.