Asaduzzaman Khan | |
Native Name: | আসাদুজ্জামান খাঁন |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | Minister of Home Affairs |
Term Start: | 15 July 2015 |
Term End: | 5 August 2024 |
Predecessor: | Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir |
Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
Office1: | Member of Bangladesh Parliament |
Constituency1: | Dhaka-12 |
Predecessor1: | Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh |
Term Start1: | 12 January 2014 |
Term End1: | 6 August 2024 |
Constituency2: | Dhaka-11 |
Predecessor2: | S. A. Khaleque |
Successor2: | AKM Rahmatullah |
Term Start2: | 29 January 2009 |
Term End2: | 28 January 2014 |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Birth Date: | 31 December 1950 |
Birth Place: | Dhaka, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
Occupation: | Politician, businessman |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal (born 31 December 1950) is a Bangladesh Awami League Politician. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-11 and Dhaka-12 constituencies.[1] He is a former Minister of Home Affairs of Bangladesh.[2]
Khan was born on 31 December 1950 in Monipuripara, Dhaka, in the then East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan. His home district is Dohar, Dhaka. In 1965, he completed his SSC from Tejgaon Polytechnic High school (Now Tejgaon Government High School) and in 1967, he completed his HSC from Jagannath College which is among the reputed colleges today.[3]
Khan was a member of the Mukti Bahini and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971. He served in sector 2 under Captain Abdul Halim Chowdhury. He was elected to Parliament in December 2008. From 2009 to 2013, he served in the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Housing and Public Works. He was a member of the Bangladesh Press Council. He founded the Dohar Padma College. He served as the President of the Ispahani School and College and Tejgaon College, two reputed colleges (both founded after Bangladesh's liberation war). He is a senate member of the Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University. He was re-elected in January 2014 and on 12 January 2014, he was made the State Minister of Home Affairs. On 14 July 2015 he was made the Minister of Home Affairs.
On 13 August 2024, a murder complaint was filed at a court in Dhaka against Khan and five other government officials, including Ex- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, regarding the killing of a grocer during the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement on 19 July.[4] [5]