Shamsul Hoque Tuku Explained

Shamsul Hoque Tuku
Native Name:শামসুল হক টুকু
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:13th Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad
1Blankname:Speaker
1Namedata:Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury
Predecessor:Fazle Rabbi Miah
Termstart:28 August 2022
Term End:6 August 2024
Office1:Member of Parliament
Constituency1:Pabna-1
Term Start1:6 January 2009
Term End1:6 August 2024
Predecessor1:Motiur Rahman Nizami
Successor1:Vacant
Office2:Minister of State for Home Affairs
Primeminister2:Sheikh Hasina
Term Start2:July 2009
Term End2:12 January 2014
Birth Date:31 May 1948
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Party:Bangladesh Awami League

Shamsul Hoque Tuku (born 31 May 1948)[1] is a Awami League politician and a former member and deputy speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad.[2] [3] He is the former minister of home affairs in the second Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.[4] Tuku was elected to parliament from Pabna-1 in 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024.[5] [6]

Biography

Tuku was born on 31 May 1948. He has master's degrees in communication, arts, and law.[7] He is a lawyer.[8]

Tuku was elected to parliament for the first time in the ninth Bangladesh parliamentary election, in 2008, representing constituency Pabna-1.[9] In July 2009, he was appointed as a state minister for the Home Ministry by the cabinet council of the Bangladesh government.[10] His house in Pabna district, which was rented out to the local passport office, was fire damaged by members of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in 2013.[11]

Tuku was re-elected to parliament in the tenth Bangladesh parliamentary election, in 2014. He is a member of three parliamentary standing committees: Ministry of Home Affairs; Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs; and Public Accounts.[12] On 28 August 2022, he has been selected for the vacant post of deputy speaker of the Jatiyo Sangsad.[13]

Personal life

Tuku's brother, Abdul Baten, is the mayor of Bera Municipality. In October 2020, Baten was accused of "misbehaving" with the upazila nirbahi officer.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituency 68_10th_En . Bangladesh Parliament . 1 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181114022754/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=2030 . 14 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Shamsul Haque Tuku elected Deputy Speaker . August 2022 .
  3. Web site: Shamsul Haque Tuku sworn in as deputy speaker of JS . 28 August 2022 .
  4. Web site: 2 arrested following deadly Bangladesh building collapse . cbsnews.com . 26 April 2013 . 17 September 2016.
  5. Web site: Md. Shamsul Hoque Tuku -শামসুল হক টুকু History . Amarmp . en-US . 2018-07-25.
  6. Web site: List of 11th Parliament Members English . National Parliament of Bangladesh . 2019-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230927041941/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english . 27 September 2023.
  7. Web site: Md. Shamsul Hoque Tuku -শামসুল হক টুকু . Amarmp . 18 January 2018 . en-US . 2018-07-25.
  8. Web site: Kids still attend classes in bldg abandoned 3 yrs ago . The Daily Star . 23 March 2016 . 17 September 2016.
  9. Web site: Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results . . Amar Desh . 8 February 2018.
  10. News: Tuku, new state minister for home, warns against 'tender terror' . bdnews24.com . 1 August 2009.
  11. Web site: Ten killed in Bangladesh violence after Jamaat leader's hanging . ndtv.com . 17 September 2016.
  12. Web site: Name of Committees for 10th Parliament (English) . Bangladesh Parliament.
  13. Web site: Shamsul Haque Tuku to take oath as Deputy Speaker . 2022-08-28 . Daily Bangladesh . en.
  14. News: 2020-10-13 . Bera mayor 'misbehaves' with UNO . 2020-10-13 . The Daily Star . en.

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