Nuruzzaman Ahmed

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Nuruzzaman Ahmed
নুরুজ্জামান আহমেদ
Nuruzzaman Ahmed MP.jpg
Ahmed in 2018
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Lalmonirhat-2
Assumed office
29 January 2014

Nuruzzaman Ahmed (born 3 January 1950) [1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Lalmonirhat-2 constituency since 2014. [2] Earlier, he served as the minister of social welfare and the state minister of social welfare and state minister of food. [3] [4] [5]

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Background

Ahmed's father, Karim Uddin Ahmed, served as a Jatiya Sangsad member from the Rangpur-6 constituency during 1973-1975. [6]

Career

Ahmed became the Minister of State in the Ministry of Food On 14 July 2015, a year after becoming a member of parliament. [7] [8] He held the post from June 21 of the same year to January 8, 2019. After winning the Eleventh Parliamentary Election, he has been serving as a Minister of the same Ministry since January 8, 2019.

According to a report published by Prothom Alo in September 2023, Ahmed's family had unpaid electricity bill of Tk 9 lakh. [6]

Personal life

Ahmed is married to Hosne Ara Begum. [7] They have three children including Rakibuzzaman Ahmed. [7] In August 2023, Rocky Chandra Roy, an executive engineer of Nesco Kaliganj Sales & Distribution Division, accused Rakibuzzaman for assaulting him. [9] [10]

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References

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