Asaduzzaman Khan

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Asaduzzaman Khan
আসাদুজ্জামান খাঁন
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Khan in 2023
Minister of Home Affairs
Assumed office
15 July 2015

Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal (born 31 December 1950) is a Bangladesh Awami League Politician. He is Member of Parliament for Dhaka-12. [1] He is the Minister of Home Affairs of Bangladesh. [2]

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Early life

Khan was born on 31 December 1950 in Monipuripara, Dhaka, East Bengal, Pakistan. His home district is Dohar, Dhaka. In 1965, he completed his SSC from Tejgaon Polytechnic High school (Now Tejgaon Government High School) and in 1967, he completed his HSC from Jagannath College which is among the reputed colleges today. [3]

Career

Khan was a member of the Mukti Bahini and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971. He served in sector 2 under Captain Abdul Halim Chowdhury. He was elected to Parliament in December 2008. From 2009 to 2013, he served in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Public Works. He was a member of the Bangladesh Press Council. He founded the Dohar Padma College. He served as the President of the Ispahani School and College and Tejgaon College, two reputed colleges (both founded after Bangladesh's liberation war). He is a senate member of the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University. He was re-elected in January 2014 and on 12 January 2014, he was made the State Minister of Home Affairs. On 14 July 2015 he was made the Minister of Home Affairs. [3]

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References

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  3. 1 2 মাননীয় স্বরাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রী. ssd.gov.bd. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

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