Abdul Moyeen Khan

Abdul Moyeen Khan
আব্দুল মঈন খান
Khan at US Embassy Dhaka on 4 July 2018
Minister of State for Planning
In office
13 September 1993 – 27 March 1996
Succeeded byMuhiuddin Khan Alamgir
Minister of Information
In office
10 October 2001 – 11 March 2002
Succeeded byTariqul Islam
Minister for Science and Information & Communication Technology
In office
12 March 2002 – 29 October 2006
Member of Parliament
for Narsingdi-2
In office
5 March 1991 – 27 October 2006
Preceded byDelwar Hossain Khan
Succeeded byAnwarul Ashraf Khan
Personal details
Born (1947-01-01) 1 January 1947 (age 77)
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
Parent
Alma materUniversity of Sussex

Abdul Moyeen Khan (born 1 January 1947)[1] is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician.[2][3] He is a member of the current standing committee of the party.[4] He served as the minister of state for planning, government of Bangladesh during 1993–1996, minister of information during 2001–2002 and the minister of science and information & communication technology (now renamed) during 2002–2006.[5][6] He served as a member of the Bangladesh Parliament from 1991 until 2006.[7][8][9][10][11]

Early life

Khan is the son of Abdul Momen Khan, formerly the top civil servant in Bangladesh (cabinet secretary) and a former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician, a founder member of BNP and the minister of food in the cabinet of President Ziaur Rahman.[12][13]

Khan graduated as a PhD from the University of Sussex in 1973.[14]

Career

Khan was a professor of physics in the University of Dhaka until 1991 when he first successfully ran for the fifth parliament in 1991 and was elected the MP for Narsingdi-2 constituency.[15] He received 42,851 votes while his nearest rival, Delwar Hossain Khan of the Jatiya Party, received 23,896 votes.[15]

Khan was re-elected to parliament in June 1996 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party from Narsingdi-2.[15] He received 45,243 votes while his nearest rival, Azmal Kabir of the Jatiya Party, received 23,747 votes.[15] In 1998, Khan was included in the parliamentary standing committee on planning ministry.[16]

Khan was re-elected to parliament in 2001 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party from Narsingdi-2.[16] He received 67,379 votes while his nearest rival, Md. Nurul Islam of the Awami League, received 46,342 votes.[16] Khan was the minister of science, information and communications technology in the second Khaleda Zia cabinet.[17][18]

Khan contested the 2008 election from Narsingdi-2 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party but lost to Anwarul Ashraf Khan of the Awami League.[19] He had received 71,859 votes while the winner received 101,687 votes.[19] In December 2009, Khan became a member of BNP's standing committee, the highest policy planning body of the party.[20] Palash Upazila unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party organized a reception for him.[21] The Swechhasebak League declared a program at the same location for Victory Day.[21] The local administration declared Section 144 and attacked the Bangladesh Nationalist Party men at the venue to disperse them.[21]

Khan met with diplomats from 15 foreign countries in December 2015 at the political office of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in Gulshan.[22] He briefed the diplomats on the recent municipal elections in Bangladesh.[22] The Bangladesh Nationalist Party were participating in the municipal elections after boycotting the general election in 2014.[22]

Khan secured bail from Bangladesh High Court along with other Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders in October 2018 in a case filed for "provoking people against the state".[23] On 16 December 2018, Khan's motorcade was attacked in Palash Upazila, Narsingdi District injuring 50.[24] He was the candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for Narsingdi-2.[24] He lost to Anwar Ul Ashraf Khan of the Awami League, who receive 175,711 votes, while Moyeen Khan received 7,180 votes.[25]

After the 2024 Bangladeshi general election, Khan predicted the Sheikh Hasina led government would be forced to resign.[26] The election was boycotted by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[27] He had described the Awami League government as more dangerous than a dictatorship due to its pretense of democracy.[28]

References

  1. ^ "Profile - Mr. Abdul Moyeen Khan". www.tritiyomatra.com. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Ahead of Bangladesh vote, opposition says it faces 'a reign of terror'". Reuters. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Nat'l biotechnology policy soon: Moyeen Khan". The Daily Star. 25 August 2005. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  4. ^ "BNP's names 17 members of the policymaking Standing Committee". bdnews24.com. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Cabinet of Bangladesh 2001". docs.google.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  6. ^ Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs. "United States Signs Science and Technology Agreement with Bangladesh". 2001-2009.state.gov. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  7. ^ "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  8. ^ "8th Parliament Members". bdaffairs.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  9. ^ "List of 5th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 19 July 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  10. ^ "List of 7th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  11. ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  12. ^ Islam, Sirajul (2012). "Khan, Abdul Momen". In Islam, Sirajul; Akbar, Md. Ali (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  13. ^ আধুনিক নরসিংদী গড়ার স্বপ্নদ্রষ্টা আবুদল মোমেন খান -ড. আব্দুল মঈন খান (in Bengali). Online News Network. December 12, 2015. Archived from the original on October 19, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  14. ^ "Falmer Summer 2003" (PDF). Falmer. 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  15. ^ a b c d "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". 29 December 2008. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  16. ^ a b c "12 JS committees reconstituted". The Daily Star. 26 January 2000. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  17. ^ "GrameenPhone seeks legalisation of VoIP". The Daily Star. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  18. ^ "10,000 die in road accidents a year". The Daily Star. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  19. ^ a b ""Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results"". Amar Desh. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  20. ^ "BNP men batoned for defying Section 144 in Narsingdi". The Daily Star. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  21. ^ a b c "BNP men batoned for defying Section 144 in Narsingdi". The Daily Star. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  22. ^ a b c "Municipal polls: BNP raises concerns with foreign envoys". The Daily Star. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  23. ^ "Fakhrul, 6 other BNP leaders get bail from HC". The Daily Star. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  24. ^ a b "BNP leader Moyeen Khan's motorcade attacked in Narsingdi". The Daily Star. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  25. ^ "Narsingdi-2 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  26. ^ "Govt will be forced to resign: Moyeen Khan". The Daily Star. 21 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  27. ^ "BNP salutes voters for 'boycotting' polls". The Daily Star. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  28. ^ "Govt 'more dangerous than an autocrat': Moyeen Khan". The Daily Star. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.


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