Abdullah Al Islam Jakob

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Abdullah Al Islam Jakob
Deputy Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
In office
2014–2019

Abdullah Al Islam Jakob is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former chairman of the Standing Committee on Ministry of Youth & Sports and former deputy Minister of Environment and Forest. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Bhola-4 constituency. [1] [2] [3] His father M. M. Nazrul Islam was also a member of the Jatiya Sangsad. [4]

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Early life

Jakob was born on 21 December 1972 in Char Fasson, Bhola District, Bangladesh. [5]

Career

Jakob was elected to parliament from Bhola-4 in 2014. [5] He won at 11th Jatiya Sangsad general election, held on 30 December 2018. [6] He built a 16-storey tower in Char Fasson, Bhola named Jakob Tower to promote tourism in Bhola. [7]

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References

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