Zahid Ahsan Russel

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Zahid Ahsan Russel
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Russel in 2021
State Minister of Youth and Sports
In office
7 January 2019 –11 January 2024
Alma mater University of Wolverhampton

Md. Zahid Ahsan Russel (born 1 January 1978) [1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Gazipur-2 constituency. [2] He served as State Minister of Youth and Sports from 2019 to 2024. [3] His father, Ahsanullah Master, was a former representative of the same constituency. [4]

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Birth and education

Russel was born on 1 January 1978 to Ahsanullah Master and mother Farida Ahsan in Noagaon area under the Tongi Police Station of Gazipur District. [5] His permanent residence is in the village of Hyderabad in Gazipur. [6] [7] He was married to Khadiza Russel. Ahsanullah was elected a member of the parliament from Bangladesh Awami League in Gazipur-2. Russel earned his B.S.S. degree. He is currently studying LLB Honors at University of Wolverhampton in the UK. [8]

Political career

After his father's assassination, Russel was elected the youngest member of the parliament from by-election. [9] He also worked in the eighth parliament as member of the Standing Committee on Ministry of Industries. He was elected parliament member by getting the 2nd highest votes by the nomination of Bangladesh Awami League in the 9th parliamentary election on 29 December 2008. In the ninth parliament, He was nominated as the chairman of the Standing Committee on the Ministry of Youth and Sports. He was also a member of the Library Committee as well as a member of the Security Committee of the National Parliament. He is currently a syndicate member of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University and formerly a Senate member of Jahangirnagar University. He was elected as a Member of the Parliament for third time by the nomination of Bangladesh Awami League in the 10th parliamentary elections in January 2014 and again nominated as the Chairman of the Standing Committee on the Ministry of Youth and Sports. [10] He has elected to the parliament for the fourth time in December 2019 and took over the charge of State Minister for the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the government. [11] [12]

Zahid Ahsan Russel, MP is providing speech in Sheikh Hasina Youth Volunteer Award. Zahid Ahsan Russel Speech.jpg
Zahid Ahsan Russel, MP is providing speech in Sheikh Hasina Youth Volunteer Award.
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Zahid Ahsan Russel, MP

Personal life

Russel already established many schools and colleges. Beside these, he has been playing a vital role in the development activities of various organizations including construction of roads, bridges, culverts, hospitals, schools, colleges, madrasa , mosques, temples, churches and graveyards. [13] He has built a new stadium in Tongi named Shahid Ahsan Ullah Master Stadium and renovated Shahid Barkat Stadium in Gazipur. [14] [15]

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  2. ↑ "Joyful Joy and Durjoy". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  3. ↑ মাননীয় প্রতিমন্ত্রিগণ [Hon'ble Ministers of State]. Cabinet Division. Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Full High Court verdict in Ahsanullah Master murder published". bdnews24.com. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell". mzamin. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Today is the martyrdom anniversary of Ahsan Ullah Master". dhakatimes24. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "The state minister is Russell, son of Ahsanullah Master". jugantor. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Honorable State Minister". Ministry of Youth & Sports. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "MP Zahid Ahsan Russell's wedding reception was held". banglanews24. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  10. ↑ "The state minister for sports urged to form an elected committee". banglatribune. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Zahid Ahsan Russell is getting the responsibility of the state minister of sports". ntvbd. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "State Minister for Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell". bd-pratidin. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  13. ↑ "State Minister for Sports gets 'international recognition' as 'Corona Fighter'". ppbd. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  14. ↑ "Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master Memorial Football in Tongi". bhorerkagoj. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  15. ↑ "Shaheed Ahsan Ullah instructed to develop the infrastructure of Master Stadium". bangladeshtoday. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
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