Abdul Matin Khasru
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Abdul Matin Khasru | |
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আবদুল মতিন খসরু | |
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Minister of Law and Justice | |
In office 14 January 1997[1] – 15 July 2001[1] | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Syed Istiaq Ahmed[1] |
Succeeded by | Syed Istiaq Ahmed[1] |
Member of Parliament | |
Assumed office January 2009 | |
Preceded by | Md. Yunus |
In office February 1991 – October 2001 | |
Preceded by | Md. Yunus[2] |
Succeeded by | Md. Yunus |
Constituency | Comilla-5 |
Personal details | |
Born | Comilla District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan | 2 December 1950
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Abdul Matin Khasru (Bengali: আবদুল মতিন খসরু; born 12 February 1950) is a lawyer and Bangladesh Awami League politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Comilla-5, having first held the seat between 1991 and 2001.[3][4] Although he lost the seat to Md. Yunus in the 2001 general election, he regained it in the December 2008 general election.[5][6] He served in the first Hasina cabinet as Minister of Law and Justice from 1997 to 2001.[1]
Khasru was elected chairman of the executive committee of the Bangladesh Bar Council in 2015.[7] The following year he was made the law secretary of Bangladesh Awami League.[8] He became a member of the party's Presidium in 2017.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Honorable Minister". Law and Justice Division. Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
- ^ "Constituency 253". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ "List of 5th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
- ^ "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
- ^ "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
- ^ "Abdul Matin Khasru made bar council chairman". Dhaka Tribune. 18 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ Siddique, Mohammad Abu Bakar (25 October 2016). "AL central working committee names declared". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Ex-law minister Khasru made AL Presidium Member, Rezaul Legal Affairs Secretary". bdnews24.com. 22 July 2017.
Further reading
- "MPs' relatives to also enjoy car sticker privileges". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- "Campaigners demand hike in tobacco taxes". The Daily Star. 10 May 2016.
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