| Abdul Moyeen Khan | |
| Native Name: | আব্দুল মঈন খান |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office1: | Minister of State for Planning |
| Term Start1: | 13 September 1993 |
| Term End1: | 27 March 1996 |
| Successor1: | Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir |
| Office2: | Minister of Information |
| Term Start2: | 10 October 2001 |
| Term End2: | 11 March 2002 |
| Successor2: | Tariqul Islam |
| Office3: | Minister for Science and Information & Communication Technology |
| Term Start3: | 12 March 2002 |
| Term End3: | 29 October 2006 |
| Constituency Mp4: | Narsingdi-2 |
| Term Start4: | 5 March 1991 |
| Term End4: | 27 October 2006 |
| Predecessor4: | Delwar Hossain Khan |
| Successor4: | Anwarul Ashraf Khan |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1947 |
| Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Father: | Abdul Momen Khan |
| Alma Mater: | University of Sussex |
Abdul Moyeen Khan (born 1 January 1947)[1] is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician.[2] [3] He is a member of the current standing committee of the party.[4] He served as the minister of state for planning, government of Bangladesh during 1993–1996, minister of information during 2001–2002 and the minister of science and information & communication technology (now renamed) during 2002–2006.[5] [6] He served as a member of the Bangladesh Parliament from 1991 until 2006.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Khan is the son of Abdul Momen Khan, formerly the top civil servant in Bangladesh (cabinet secretary) and a former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician, a founder member of BNP and the minister of food in the cabinet of President Ziaur Rahman.[12] [13]
Khan graduated as a PhD from the University of Sussex in 1973.[14]
Khan was a professor of physics in the University of Dhaka until 1991 when he first successfully ran for the fifth parliament in 1991 and was elected the MP for Narsingdi-2 constituency.[15] He received 42,851 votes while his nearest rival, Delwar Hossain Khan of the Jatiya Party, received 23,896 votes.
Khan was re-elected to parliament in June 1996 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party from Narsingdi-2. He received 45,243 votes while his nearest rival, Azmal Kabir of the Jatiya Party, received 23,747 votes. In 1998, Khan was included in the parliamentary standing committee on planning ministry.[16]
Khan was re-elected to parliament in 2001 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party from Narsingdi-2. He received 67,379 votes while his nearest rival, Md. Nurul Islam of the Awami League, received 46,342 votes. Khan was the minister of science, information and communications technology in the second Khaleda Zia cabinet.[17] [18]
Khan contested the 2008 election from Narsingdi-2 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party but lost to Anwarul Ashraf Khan of the Awami League.[19] He had received 71,859 votes while the winner received 101,687 votes. In December 2009, Khan became a member of BNP's standing committee, the highest policy planning body of the party.[20] Palash Upazila unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party organized a reception for him.[21] The Swechhasebak League declared a program at the same location for Victory Day. The local administration declared Section 144 and attacked the Bangladesh Nationalist Party men at the venue to disperse them.
Khan met with diplomats from 15 foreign countries in December 2015 at the political office of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in Gulshan.[22] He briefed the diplomats on the recent municipal elections in Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party were participating in the municipal elections after boycotting the general election in 2014.
Khan secured bail from Bangladesh High Court along with other Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders in October 2018 in a case filed for "provoking people against the state".[23] On 16 December 2018, Khan's motorcade was attacked in Palash Upazila, Narsingdi District injuring 50.[24] He was the candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for Narsingdi-2. He lost to Anwar Ul Ashraf Khan of the Awami League, who receive 175,711 votes, while Moyeen Khan received 7,180 votes.[25]
After the 2024 Bangladeshi general election, Khan predicted the Sheikh Hasina led government would be forced to resign.[26] The election was boycotted by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[27] He had described the Awami League government as more dangerous than a dictatorship due to its pretense of democracy.[28]