Zakaria Taher Sumon

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The Honourable
Zakaria Taher Sumon
আকারিয়া তাহের সুমন
Zakaria Taher Sumon (MP) in 2022.01.jpg
Sumon in 2022
Minister for Housing and Public Works
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 February 2026

Zakaria Taher Sumon (born 15 December 1965) [1] is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Cumilla-8 constituency and the incumbent minister of housing and public works since February 2026. [2]

Career

Sumon was elected to parliament from Cumilla-7 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2004 by election which was called following the death of the then incumbent Abu Taher, and also Sumon's father. [3] [4] [5]

Sumon provided an office to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to use as the office of the chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Gulshan in October 2008. [6]


References

  1. ↑ "Member details". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Gazette notification on allocation of portfolios to ministers, state ministers". Prothom Alo. 18 February 2026. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "BNP lawmaker Taher passes away". The Daily Star. UNB. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Ruling coalition candidate wins Comilla by-poll". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "BNP chairperson gets new office". bdnews24.com. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2019.


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