Soto Monir Explained

Tanvir Hasan Choto Monir
Native Name:ছোট মনির
Native Name Lang:bn
Constituency Mp:Tangail-2
Parliament:Bangladesh
Term Start:30 December 2018
Term End:6 August 2024
Predecessor:Khandaker Asaduzzaman
Birth Name:Tanvir Hasan
Birth Date:27 May 1978
Birth Place:Tangail, Bangladesh
Party:Bangladesh Awami League
Spouse:Oaishe Khan
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Relations:Shajahan Khan (father-in-law)
Occupation:Politician

Tanvir Hasan Choto Monir (born 27 May 1978)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-2 constituency.[2] He was the joint secretary of Awami League's branch in Germany.[3] [4]

Career

Monir entered student politics as a member of the Chhatra League in the early 1990s. However, he left Bangladesh in 1996 for Moscow University in Russia. He then moved to Germany, and served as the joint-secretary of the Awami League's branch of the central European country. He came back to Bangladesh during 2006-08 Bangladeshi political unrest.

Monir was elected to Jatiya Sangsad from the Tangail-2 constituency as a Awami League candidate at the 2018 Bangladeshi general election.[5] He was alleged of NID forgery, and arms trafficking,[6] however the allegations were never proven and referred as "politically motivated conspiracy" by Monir's associates.[7]

Monir serves as the joint-general secretary of the Tangail District Awami League, he previously served as the secretary of science and technology of the Tangail district committee of the Bangladesh Awami League.[8] He is also the chairperson of Tangail's branch of the Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation.[9]

Monir is an incumbent member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock in the 11th National Parliament of Bangladesh.[10]

Personal life

Monir is married to Oaishe Khan (Nishe), the only daughter of Shajahan Khan, a former shipping minister, current presidium member of the Bangladesh Awami League[11] and the incumbent Madaripur-2 MP.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: bn:টাঙ্গাইল-২ (গোপালপুর এবং ভুয়াপুর) . https://mpnews.com.bd/?cat=454 . 9 October 2020 . MP News . bn.
  2. News: 62 new faces elected as lawmakers . Daily Sun . 7 August 2019 . en.
  3. Web site: তানভীর হাসান . 2022-07-09 . প্রথম আলো . bn.
  4. Web site: Soto Monir - ছোট মনির . 2022-07-09 . Amarmp . en.
  5. News: Tangail-2: AL's Monir in field, BNP's Tuku in prison . 7 August 2019 . The Daily Star . 25 December 2018 . en.
  6. News: Bashar . Reazul . Dhruba . Golam Mujtaba . NID forgery allegation hits Tangail-2 Awami League candidate Soto Monir . 7 August 2019 . bdnews24.com . 5 December 2018.
  7. News: bn:ছোট মনিরের সংবাদের প্রতিবাদ করলেন বড় মনি . https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article1564228.bdnews . 2022-07-09 . bdnews24.com . bn.
  8. Web site: 2019-03-24 . bn:ছোট মনির কে শ্রমিক ফেডারেশনের সংবর্ধনা . https://tangailpratidin.com/%e0%a6%9f%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%99%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%97%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%87%e0%a6%b2-%e0%a7%a8-%e0%a6%86%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%a8%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%82%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%a6%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%87-%e0%a6%b6/ . 2022-08-10 . bn.
  9. Web site: 14 June 2021 . bn:টাঙ্গাইলে শ্রমিকদের কর্মবিরতি ও সমাবেশ . https://www.amarsangbad.com/sara-bangla/news-183867 . 2022-08-10 . amarsangbad.com . bn.
  10. Web site: Standing Committee on Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock . 2022-08-05 . Bangladesh Parliament . https://web.archive.org/web/20190414051444/http://parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/parliamentary-business/committees/list-of-committees/name-of-committees-for-11th-parliament-english?id=4239 . 2019-04-14.
  11. News: 2019-12-21 . Shahjahan, Nanak, Rahman now AL presidium members . 2022-07-08 . The Daily Star . en.
  12. News: bn:শাজাহান খানের মেয়েকে বিয়ে করলেন এমপি ছোট মনির (ভিডিও) . https://www.jugantor.com/country-news/511175/শাজাহান-খানের-মেয়েকে-বিয়ে-করলেন-এমপি-ছোট-মনির-ভিডিও . 2022-01-24 . Jugantor . en.