Abdul Moyeen Khan

Abdul Moyeen Khan
আব্দুল মঈন খান
Khan at US Embassy Dhaka on 4 July 2018
Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 August 2026
PresidentMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
Prime MinisterTarique Rahman
Preceded byMirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 February 2026
Preceded byAnwarul Ashraf Khan
ConstituencyNarsingdi-2
In office
5 March 1991 – 27 October 2006
Preceded byDelwar Hossain Khan
Succeeded byAnwarul Ashraf Khan
ConstituencyNarsingdi-2
Minister for Information
In office
10 October 2001 – 11 March 2002
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded byAbdul Muyeed Chowdhury
Succeeded byTariqul Islam
Minister for Science and Information & Communication Technology
In office
12 March 2002 – 29 October 2006
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded byLutfor Rahman Khan Azad
Succeeded bySultana Kamal
Minister of State for Planning
In office
13 September 1993 – 27 March 1996
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded byA. M. Zahiruddin Khan
Succeeded byWahiduddin Mahmud
Personal details
Born (1947-01-01) 1 January 1947
Narsingdi District, East Bengal
PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Parent
Alma materNotre Dame College University of Sussex

Abdul Moyeen Khan (born 1 January 1947)[1] is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician.[2][3] He is the incumbent Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives since August 2026.[4] He is a member of the current standing committee of the party.[5] He served as the minister of state for planning, government of Bangladesh during 1993–1996, minister of information during 2001–2002 and the minister of science and information & communication technology (now renamed) during 2002–2006.[6][7] He served as a member of the Bangladesh Parliament from 1991 until 2006.[8][9][10][11][12]

Early life

Khan is the son of Abdul Momen Khan, formerly the top civil servant in Bangladesh (cabinet secretary) and a former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician, a founder member of BNP and the minister of food in the cabinet of President Ziaur Rahman.[13][14]

Khan completed his Higher Secondary education from Notre Dame College and graduated as a PhD from the University of Sussex in 1973.[15]

Career

Khan was a professor of physics in the University of Dhaka until 1991 when he first successfully ran for the fifth parliament in 1991 and was elected the MP for Narsingdi-2 constituency.[16] He received 42,851 votes while his nearest rival, Delwar Hossain Khan of the Jatiya Party, received 23,896 votes.[16]

Khan was re-elected to parliament in June 1996 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party from Narsingdi-2.[16] He received 45,243 votes while his nearest rival, Azmal Kabir of the Jatiya Party, received 23,747 votes.[16] In 1998, Khan was included in the parliamentary standing committee on planning ministry.[17]

Khan was re-elected to parliament in 2001 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party from Narsingdi-2.[17] He received 67,379 votes while his nearest rival, Md. Nurul Islam of the Awami League, received 46,342 votes.[17] Khan was the minister of science, information and communications technology in the third Khaleda Zia cabinet.[18][19]

Khan contested the 2008 election from Narsingdi-2 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party but lost to Anwarul Ashraf Khan of the Awami League.[20] He had received 71,859 votes while the winner received 101,687 votes.[20] In December 2009, Khan became a member of BNP's standing committee, the highest policy planning body of the party.[21] Palash Upazila unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party organized a reception for him.[22] The Swechhasebak League declared a program at the same location for Victory Day.[22] The local administration declared Section 144 and attacked the Bangladesh Nationalist Party men at the venue to disperse them.[22]

Khan met with diplomats from 15 foreign countries in December 2015 at the political office of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in Gulshan.[23] He briefed the diplomats on the recent municipal elections in Bangladesh.[23] The Bangladesh Nationalist Party were participating in the municipal elections after boycotting the general election in 2014.[23]

Khan secured bail from Bangladesh High Court along with other Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders in October 2018 in a case filed for "provoking people against the state".[24] On 16 December 2018, Khan's motorcade was attacked in Palash Upazila, Narsingdi District injuring 50.[25] He was the candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for Narsingdi-2.[25] He lost to Anwar Ul Ashraf Khan of the Awami League, who receive 175,711 votes, while Moyeen Khan received 7,180 votes.[26]

After the 2024 Bangladeshi general election, Khan predicted the Sheikh Hasina led government would be forced to resign.[27] The election was boycotted by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[28] He had described the Awami League government as more dangerous than a dictatorship due to its pretense of democracy.[29]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile - Mr. Abdul Moyeen Khan". www.tritiyomatra.com. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Ahead of Bangladesh vote, opposition says it faces 'a reign of terror'". Reuters. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Nat'l biotechnology policy soon: Moyeen Khan". The Daily Star. 25 August 2005. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Moyeen Khan gets Local Govt, Partho Info, Millat Civil Aviation, Saching Prue CHT Affairs, two state ministers for Foreign Affairs". Prothom Alo. 21 August 2026. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "BNP's names 17 members of the policymaking Standing Committee". bdnews24.com. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Cabinet of Bangladesh 2001". docs.google.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs. "United States Signs Science and Technology Agreement with Bangladesh". 2001-2009.state.gov. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "8th Parliament Members". bdaffairs.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "List of 5th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "List of 7th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "List of 4th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  13. ↑ Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Khan, Abdul Momen". In Islam, Sirajul; Akbar, Md. Ali (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  14. ↑ আধুনিক নরসিংদী গড়ার স্বপ্নদ্রষ্টা আবুদল মোমেন খান -ড. আব্দুল মঈন খান (in Bengali). Online News Network. December 12, 2015. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Falmer Summer 2003" (PDF). Falmer. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  16. 1 2 3 4 "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". 29 December 2008. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  17. 1 2 3 "12 JS committees reconstituted". The Daily Star. 26 January 2000. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  18. ↑ "GrameenPhone seeks legalisation of VoIP". The Daily Star. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  19. ↑ "10,000 die in road accidents a year". The Daily Star. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  20. 1 2 ""Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results"". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  21. ↑ "BNP men batoned for defying Section 144 in Narsingdi". The Daily Star. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  22. 1 2 3 "BNP men batoned for defying Section 144 in Narsingdi". The Daily Star. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  23. 1 2 3 "Municipal polls: BNP raises concerns with foreign envoys". The Daily Star. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  24. ↑ "Fakhrul, 6 other BNP leaders get bail from HC". The Daily Star. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  25. 1 2 "BNP leader Moyeen Khan's motorcade attacked in Narsingdi". The Daily Star. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  26. ↑ "Narsingdi-2 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  27. ↑ "Govt will be forced to resign: Moyeen Khan". The Daily Star. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  28. ↑ "BNP salutes voters for 'boycotting' polls". The Daily Star. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  29. ↑ "Govt 'more dangerous than an autocrat': Moyeen Khan". The Daily Star. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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