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]
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]
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]