Md. Tazul Islam | |
Native Name: | মোঃ তাজুল ইসলাম |
Office: | Minister of Local Government and Rural Development and Co-operatives |
Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
Term Start: | 7 January 2019 |
Term End: | 6 August 2024 |
Predecessor: | Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain |
Constituency Mp1: | Comilla-9 |
Parliament1: | Bangladesh |
Term Start1: | 29 December 2008 |
Term End1: | 6 August 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Monirul Haq Chowdhury |
Birth Date: | 30 June 1955 |
Birth Place: | Comilla District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Education: | MBA |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Mohammad Tazul Islam (born 30 June 1955) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Comilla-9 constiuency. In January 2024, he is a former Minister of Local Government and Rural Development,[1] succeeding the 2019 election where he held the same position.[2]
Tazul Islam was born on 30 June 1955 in the village of Pomgaon in Laksam, Comilla District, East Bengal (now under Monoharganj Upazila, Bangladesh). He was the eldest of the three sons and four daughters of Zulfiqar Ali and Anwara Begum.[3] Islam studied at the Pomgaon Government Primary School and Pomgaon High School. He then went onto study at the Nawab Faizunnesa Government College, before enrolling at the University of Chittagong where he earned his BA. Islam obtained an MBA in Marketing from Southern University, Bangladesh[4] and an MBA in Finance from the International Business School of Scandinavia, respectively.
Islam was elected from Comilla-9 (Laksam-Monohorgonj) constituency as a member of parliament in 1996, 2008, 2014, 2018, and most recently in 2024.[5] After the 2024 general election, the Hon'ble Prime Minister appointed him as the Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives[6] for a second consecutive term.
As a long-serving parliamentarian, Islam worked with the standing committee of Home, Planning, and Finance Ministry as a member and worked as Chairman of standing committee of Power and Energy from 2014 to 2018.[7]