Soto Monir

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Tanvir Hasan Choto Monir
ছোট মনির
Monir at his Tangail residence (2022)
Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)
Assumed office
30 December 2018
Preceded byKhandaker Asaduzzaman
ConstituencyTangail-2
Personal details
Born
Tanvir Hasan

(1978-05-27) 27 May 1978 (age 45)
Tangail, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
SpouseOaishe Khan
RelationsShajahan Khan (father-in-law)
OccupationPolitician

Monir (born 27 May 1978)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-2 constituency.[2] He was the joint secretary of Awami League's branch in Germany.[3][4]

Career[edit]

Monir entered student politics as a member of 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 Awami League's branch of the central European country. He came back to Bangladesh during 2006-08 Bangladeshi political unrest.[3][4]

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 Tangail District Awami League, he previously served as the Secretary of Science and Technology of Tangail district committee of Bangladesh Awami League.[8] He is also the chairperson of Tangail's branch of Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation.[9]

Monir is an incumbent member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock at the 11th National Parliament of Bangladesh.[10]

Personal life[edit]

Monir is married to Oaishe Khan (Nishe),[11] the only daughter of Shajahan Khan, a former Shipping Minister, current presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League[12] and the incumbent Madaripur-2 MP.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ টাঙ্গাইল-২ (গোপালপুর এবং ভুয়াপুর ). MP News (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. ^ "62 new faces elected as lawmakers". Daily Sun. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b "তানভীর হাসান". প্রথম আলো (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  4. ^ a b "Soto Monir - ছোট মনির". Amarmp. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  5. ^ "Tangail-2: AL's Monir in field, BNP's Tuku in prison". The Daily Star. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  6. ^ Bashar, Reazul; Dhruba, Golam Mujtaba. "NID forgery allegation hits Tangail-2 Awami League candidate Soto Monir". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  7. ^ প্রতিবেদক, জ্যেষ্ঠ; ডটকম, বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর. "ছোট মনিরের সংবাদের প্রতিবাদ করলেন বড় মনি". bangla.bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  8. ^ "ছোট মনির কে শ্রমিক ফেডারেশনের সংবর্ধনা" (in Bengali). 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  9. ^ "টাঙ্গাইলে শ্রমিকদের কর্মবিরতি ও সমাবেশ". amarsangbad.com (in Bengali). 14 June 2021. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  10. ^ "Standing Committee on Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  11. ^ a b "শাজাহান খানের মেয়েকে বিয়ে করলেন এমপি ছোট মনির (ভিডিও)". Jugantor. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  12. ^ Report, Star Online (2019-12-21). "Shahjahan, Nanak, Rahman now AL presidium members". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-07-08.