Ahasanul Islam Titu Explained

Ahasanul Islam Titu
Native Name:আহসানুল ইসলাম টিটু
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:Minister of State for Commerce
Primeminister:Sheikh Hasina
Termstart:11 January 2024
Term End:6 August 2024
Constituency Mp1:Tangail-6
Parliament1:Bangladesh
Term Start1:29 January 2019
Term End1:6 August 2024
Predecessor1:Khandaker Abdul Baten
Birth Date:11 December 1969
Birth Place:Tangail, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Party:Bangladesh Awami League

Ahasanul Islam Titu (born 11 December 1969) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-6 constituency.[1] In January 2024, he was appointed the state minister of commerce.

Education

Titu graduated from Assumption University (Thailand) with a BBA degree and got an MBA from Pittsburg State University, US, in 1993.

Career

Titu was elected to parliament from Tangail-6 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate on 30 December 2018.[2] [3] Titu was the founding president of the Dhaka Stock Exchange's Brokerage Association.[4]

Associations

Titu is a businessman who has a long history of involvement in the financial sector of Bangladesh. In 1998 he was the convener of "DSE Automation Process Committee" [5] and automation of Dhaka Stock Exchange trading started on 10 August 1998. From 2005 to 2010 he was a member of the executive committee of the Bangladesh Insurance Association (BIA) and in 2012 was the vice president of BIA.[6]

Titu was elected as the president of Dhaka Stock Exchange on 15 June 2013.[7] Prior to that, he held the position of senior vice president of DSE from 16 March 2011, to 15 March 2012, after being elected director on 16 March 2011, for the third time.[8] Before that he held the position of vice chairman of DSE from 30 March 2000, to 29 March 2001, and from 18 December 1997, to 30 March 2000, he was the councillor of DSE.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituency 135_11th_En . Bangladesh Parliament . 7 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230205020104/http://parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/contact/contact-an-mp-email-mobile?layout=edit&id=3695 . 5 February 2023.
  2. Web site: Ahasanul Islam Titu - আহসানুল ইসলাম (টিটু) . Amarmp . 7 August 2019 . en.
  3. News: Interview with AL nomination aspirant Ahsanul Islam Titu from Tangail-6 . 7 August 2019 . The Daily Observer.
  4. News: DSE Brokers Association holds AGM . The Daily Observer . 16 November 2015 . 5 October 2019.
  5. DSE 51st Annual General Meeting . 2019-09-16 . 2014-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808131440/http://dsebd.org/pdf/Jun-15-13.pdf . dead.
  6. News: Insurance assoc re-elects new president . Nov 20, 2012 . The Daily Star . Oct 5, 2019.
  7. Web site: Mr. Ahasanul Islam Titu . 2019-09-08 . 2017-12-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171215163301/http://www.dsebd.org/Biography/Biography%20of%20DSE%20President.pdf . dead.
  8. News: Four directors elected to DSE . Mar 14, 2011 . The Daily Star . Oct 5, 2019.