Bangladeshi politician
Shamsul Hoque Tuku (born 31 May 1948)[1] is a Awami League politician and a former member and deputy speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad.[2][3] He is the former minister of home affairs in the second Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.[4] Tuku was elected to parliament from Pabna-1 in 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024.[5][6]
Biography
Tuku was born on 31 May 1948. He has master's degrees in communication, arts, and law.[7] He is a lawyer.[8]
Tuku was elected to parliament for the first time in the ninth Bangladesh parliamentary election, in 2008, representing constituency Pabna-1.[9] In July 2009, he was appointed as a state minister for the Home Ministry by the cabinet council of the Bangladesh government.[10] His house in Pabna district, which was rented out to the local passport office, was fire damaged by members of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in 2013.[11]
Tuku was re-elected to parliament in the tenth Bangladesh parliamentary election, in 2014.[8] He is a member of three parliamentary standing committees: Ministry of Home Affairs; Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs; and Public Accounts.[12] On 28 August 2022, he has been selected for the vacant post of deputy speaker of the Jatiyo Sangsad.[13]
Personal life
Tuku's brother, Abdul Baten, is the mayor of Bera Municipality. In October 2020, Baten was accused of "misbehaving" with the upazila nirbahi officer.[14]
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