Aga Khan Mintu Explained

Aga Khan Mintu
Native Name:	আগা খান মিন্টু
Native Name Lang:	bn
Constituency Mp:	Dhaka-14
Termstart:	24 June 2021
Birth Date:	15 March 1952
Nationality:	Bangladeshi
Party:	Bangladesh Awami League
Term End:	29 January 2024
Successor:	Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil
Predecessor:	Aslamul Haque

Aga Khan Mintu (born 15 March 1952)^[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Dhaka-14 constituency.^{[2] [3]}

Career

Mintu served as the commissioner of Gabtali-Mirpur area in 1994. He was the vice president of Greater Mirpur Thana Awami League. He is currently the president of Shah Ali Thana Awami League. Before that he did student politics in 1970, and was a freedom fighter in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.

Aslamul Haque, the previous Jatiya Sangsad member from the Dhaka-14 constituency, died in office on 4 April 2021. Mintu was then elected uncontested in that vacant position on 24 June in a by-election.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Constituency 187_11th_En . 2023-08-02 . Bangladesh Parliament . https://web.archive.org/web/20230802215822/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=4630 . 2023-08-02.
2. News: 24 June 2021 . Dhaka-14 By-Polls: AL nominee set to be elected unopposed . 25 June 2021 . The Daily Star . en.
3. News: AL's Aga Khan elected uncontested, Hashem Khan set to be . 25 June 2021 . Prothom Alo . en.