Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin

Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin
মীর মোহাম্মদ নাসিরুদ্দিন
Nasiruddin in Kolkata (2005)
Minister of State For Civil Aviation and Tourism
In office
10 October 2001 – 17 November 2005
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded bySayed Ashraful Islam
Succeeded byMd. Mahbub Ali
2nd Mayor of Chittagong
In office
1 May 1991 – 20 December 1993
Preceded byMahmudul Islam Chowdhury
Succeeded byA. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury
Personal details
BornChittagong, East Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
ResidenceChittagong

Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin (Bengali: মীর মোহাম্মদ নাসিরুদ্দিন) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former state minister of civil aviation and tourism.[1]

Career

Nasiruddin served as the state minister of civil aviation and tourism in the second Khaleda Zia cabinet.[2] He was the Four-party Alliance candidate in the 2005 Chittagong mayoral election. He was defeated by the incumbent mayor A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Awami League.[3] He is an adviser of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson and former prime minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia.[4] On 5 May 2017, he met the chief of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Shah Ahmad Shafi, at Hathazari Madrasa, Chittagong.[5]

Corruption

On 12 July 2007, Nasiruddin was jailed by a special anti-corruption court for corruption along with his son Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin for 13 years.[6] The Bangladesh High Court nullified the sentences in August 2010. On 3 July 2014, the Bangladesh Supreme Court scrapped the High Court order that acquitted him of all charges.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Mir Nasir arrested". bdnews24.com. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ "State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin talks to The Star City". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. ^ "It's Mohiuddin Again". Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Opposition calls hartal for Sunday in 4 dists". The Daily Star. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. ^ "BNP leader Mir Nasir meets Hefazat chief". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Bangladesh ex-minister jailed for 13 years for graft". Reuters. 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  7. ^ "SC scrubs acquital of Mir Nasir, son". The Daily Star. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2018.


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