Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin Explained

Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin
Native Name:মীর মোহাম্মদ নাসিরুদ্দিন
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
Term Start:10 October 2001
Term End:17 November 2005
Primeminister:Khaleda Zia
Predecessor:Sayed Ashraful Islam
Successor:Md. Mahbub Ali
Office1:2nd Mayor of Chittagong
Term Start1:1 May 1991
Term End1:20 December 1993
Predecessor1:Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury
Successor1:A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury
Party:Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Birth Place:Chittagong, East Pakistan
Residence:Chittagong
Nationality:Bangladeshi

Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin (Bengali: মীর মোহাম্মদ নাসিরুদ্দিন) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former state minister of civil aviation and tourism.[1]

Career

Nasiruddin served as the state minister of civil aviation and tourism in the second Khaleda Zia cabinet.[2] He was the Four-party Alliance candidate in the 2005 Chittagong mayoral election. He was defeated by the incumbent mayor A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Awami League.[3] He is an adviser of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson and former prime minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia.[4] On 5 May 2017, he met the chief of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Shah Ahmad Shafi, at Hathazari Madrasa, Chittagong.[5]

Corruption

On 12 July 2007, Nasiruddin was jailed by a special anti-corruption court for corruption along with his son Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin for 13 years.[6] The Bangladesh High Court nullified the sentences in August 2010. On 3 July 2014, the Bangladesh Supreme Court scrapped the High Court order that acquitted him of all charges.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Mir Nasir arrested . 3 March 2018 . bdnews24.com . 28 November 2013.
  2. News: State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin talks to The Star City . 3 March 2018 . The Daily Star.
  3. News: It's Mohiuddin Again . 3 March 2018 . Star Weekend Magazine . The Daily Star.
  4. News: Opposition calls hartal for Sunday in 4 dists . 3 March 2018 . The Daily Star . 29 November 2013 . en.
  5. News: BNP leader Mir Nasir meets Hefazat chief . 3 March 2018 . Prothom Alo . en.
  6. News: Bangladesh ex-minister jailed for 13 years for graft . 3 March 2018 . Reuters . 2007.
  7. News: SC scrubs acquital of Mir Nasir, son . 3 March 2018 . The Daily Star . 3 July 2014 . en.