SM Rezaul Karim | |
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শেখ মোহাম্মদ রেজাউল করিম | |
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Minister of Fisheries and Livestock | |
In office 13 February 2020 –11 January 2024 | |
Preceded by | Narayon Chandra Chanda |
Succeeded by | Abdur Rahman |
Minister of Housing and Public Works | |
In office 7 January 2019 –13 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Mosharraf Hossain |
Succeeded by | Sharif Ahmed (As Minister of State) |
Member of Parliament for Pirojpur-1 | |
Assumed office 30 January 2019 | |
Preceded by | AKMA Awal |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] | February 18,1962
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
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Sheikh Mohammad Rezaul Karim (born 18 February 1962) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Pirojpur-1 constituency since 2019. [3] [4] He is aformer Minister of fisheries and livestock. Earlier he had served as the Minister of Housing and Public Works for 11 months. [5]
Sheikh Mohammad Rezaul Karim was born on 18 February 1962 into the aristocratic Bengali Muslim Sheikh family of Tarabunia village of Nazirpur Upazila, Pirojpur District. His father was Mohammad Abdul Khaleq Sheikh, a freedom fighter, his mother was Majeda Begum, he was their third born son. [6] [7] [8]
Rezaul Karim was a minister at the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock of the Government Republic of Bangladesh and he is a Member of Parliament (MP) of Pirojpur-1, Bangladesh. He is also a member of The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec), Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (Appellate Division & High Court Division), Former Minister of Housing and Public Works, Former Secretary of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar. He was the founder and founding Chief Editor of a Famous News Paper in Bangladesh named "The Daily Ajker Darpon". He is "Legal Affairs Secretary" of Bangladesh Awami League’s Central Working Committee. [6] [9] [10]
Rezaul Karim is married to Parveen Reza, a poet and has a son and a daughter both of whom are barristers and are members of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London. His son is Sheikh Tanweer Karim and his daughter is Sheikh Sadia Karim, his daughter is the first female barrister from Pirojpur District. [6] [11]
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