Nuruzzaman Ahmed | |
Native Name: | নুরুজ্জামান আহমেদ |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Constituency Mp: | Lalmonirhat-2 |
Parliament: | Bangladesh |
Term Start: | 29 January 2014 |
Term End: | 6 August 2024 |
Predecessor: | Mojibur Rahman |
Office1: | Minister of Social Welfare |
Term Start1: | 7 January 2019 |
Term End1: | 10 January 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Rashed Khan Menon |
Successor1: | Dipu Moni |
Office2: | State Minister of Social Welfare |
Term Start2: | 19 June 2017 |
Term End2: | 3 January 2018 |
Predecessor2: | Promode Mankin |
Successor2: | Sharif Ahmed |
Office3: | State Minister of Food |
Term Start3: | 14 July 2015 |
Term End3: | 19 June 2017 |
Birth Date: | 1950 1, df=y |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
Spouse: | Hosne Ara Begum |
Children: | 3 |
Father: | Karim Uddin Mohammad |
Nuruzzaman Ahmed (born 3 January 1950)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Lalmonirhat-2 constituency during 2014–2024.[2] Earlier, he served as the minister of social welfare and the state minister of social welfare and state minister of food.[3] [4] [5]
Ahmed's father, Karim Uddin Ahmed, served as a Jatiya Sangsad member from the Rangpur-6 constituency during 1973-1975.
Ahmed became the Minister of State in the Ministry of Food On 14 July 2015, a year after becoming a member of parliament.[6] He held the post from 21 June of the same year to 8 January 2019. After winning the Eleventh Parliamentary Election, he has been serving as a Minister of the same Ministry since 8 January 2019.
According to a report published by Prothom Alo in September 2023, Ahmed's family had unpaid electricity bill of Tk 9 lakh.[7]
Ahmed is married to Hosne Ara Begum.[8] They have three children including Rakibuzzaman Ahmed.[8] In August 2023, Rocky Chandra Roy, an executive engineer of Nesco Kaliganj Sales & Distribution Division, accused Rakibuzzaman for assaulting him.[9] [10]