Shamsul Hoque Tuku
Shamsul Hoque Tuku | |
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শামসুল হক টুকু | |
 Tuku in 2012 | |
| 13th Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad | |
| Assumed office 28 August 2022 | |
| Speaker | Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury |
| Preceded by | Fazle Rabbi Miah |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Assumed office 6 January 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Matiur Rahman Nizami |
| Constituency | Pabna-1 |
| Minister of State for Home Affairs | |
| In office July 2009 – 12 January 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Minister |
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| 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 incumbent Deputy speaker of Member of Parliament. He is the former Ministry of Home Affairs of Government of Bangladesh for in the second Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.[2] Tuku was elected to Parliament from Pabna-1 in 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024.[3][4]
Biography
Tuku was born on 31 May 1948. He has master's degrees in communication, arts, and law.[5] He is a lawyer.[6]
Tuku was elected to Parliament for the first time in the ninth Bangladesh parliamentary election, in 2008, representing constituency Pabna-1.[7] In July 2009, he was appointed as a State Minister for the Home Ministry by the cabinet council of the Bangladesh Government.[8] 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.[9]
Tuku was re-elected to Parliament in the tenth Bangladesh parliamentary election, in 2014.[6] He is a member of three Parliamentary standing committees: Ministry of Home Affairs; Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs; and Public Accounts.[10] On 28 August 2022, he has been selected for the vacant post of Deputy Speaker of Jatiyo Sangsad.[11]
Personal life
Tuku's brother, Abdul Baten, is the mayor of Bera Municipality. In October 2020, Baten was accused of "misbehaving" with the upazila nirbahi officer.[12]
References
- ^ "Constituency 68_10th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "2 arrested following deadly Bangladesh building collapse". cbsnews.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ^ "Md. Shamsul Hoque Tuku -শামসুল হক টুকু History". Amarmp. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ "List of 11th Parliament Members English". National Parliament of Bangladesh. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
- ^ "Md. Shamsul Hoque Tuku -শামসুল হক টুকু". Amarmp. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ বাংলাদেশ, Daily Bangladesh :: ডেইলি. "Shamsul Haque Tuku to take oath as Deputy Speaker". Daily Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
- ^ "Bera mayor 'misbehaves' with UNO". The Daily Star. 2020-10-13. Retrieved 2020-10-13.