AFM Bahauddin Nasim
AFM Bahauddin Nasim | |
|---|---|
আ. ফ. ম. বাহাউদ্দিন নাছিম | |
| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Dhaka-8 | |
| In office 30 January 2024 – 6 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Rashed Khan Menon |
| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Madaripur-3 | |
| In office 5 January 2014 – 29 December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Syed Abul Hossain |
| Succeeded by | Abdus Sobhan Golap |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1961 Madaripur District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Spouse | Sultana Shamima Chowdhury |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University |
AFM Bahauddin Nasim is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and current joint secretary of the party. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-8 constituency.
Early life
[edit]Nasim has a Bachelor of Science degree from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University.[1] His paternal grandmother was a sister of Sheikh Lutfar Rahman (father of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman), making Mujib his uncle and Sheikh Hasina his second cousin.
Career
[edit]Nasim started his political career by joining the Bangladesh Chhatra League. He was president and secretary of the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University unit of the Bangladesh Chhatra League. In 1981, he became president of the Madaripur District unit of the Bangladesh Chhatra League. He was the president of the Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League.[2] He was an assistant personal secretary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the 1996-2001 period. He was elected to parliament in 2014 from Madaripur-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[3] In 2017, he was acquitted in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.[4] He was a member of the treasury bench of the Parliament of Bangladesh.[5] He is now joint general secretary of the Awami League.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Nasim was born on 11 November 1961 in Madaripur, Faridpur district of East Pakistan.[7] Nasim is married to Sultana Shamima Chowdhury.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "A.F.M. Bahauddin (Nasim) Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Bahauddin Nasim sent to jail after his surrender". The Daily Star. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "A.F.M. Bahauddin (Nasim) History". Amarmp. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Awami League leader Bahauddin Nasim acquitted in ACC case". bdnews24.com. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ "Tea export fetches at Tk 17cr in last FY: Tofail". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- ^ আওয়ামী লীগের কেন্দ্রীয় কমিটিতে যারা. Channel i (in Bengali). 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Constituency 220_10th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 20 December 2019.