Tariqul Islam
Bangladeshi politician (1946–2018)
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Tariqul Islam (16 November 1946 – 4 November 2018) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He served as the cabinet minister of Ministry of Food, Ministry of Information and Ministry of Environment and Forest in the Third Khaleda Zia cabinet.[1][2] He represented the Jessore-3 constituency in the 6th and 8th Jatiya Sangsad.[3]
Tariqul Islam | |
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তরিকুল ইসলাম | |
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| Minister of Food | |
| In office 10 October 2001 – 11 March 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Amir Hossain Amu |
| Succeeded by | Abdullah Al Noman |
| Minister of Information | |
| In office 11 March 2002 – 6 May 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Moyeen Khan |
| Succeeded by | Shamsul Islam |
| Minister of Environment and Forest | |
| In office 6 May 2004 – 29 October 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Shajahan Siraj |
| Succeeded by | Mostafizur Rahman Fizar |
| Member of Parliament for Jessore-3 | |
| In office 28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006 | |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Khaledur Rahman Tito |
| In office 19 March 1996 – 30 March 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Raushan Ali |
| Succeeded by | Ali Reza Raju |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 November 1946 Jessore, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 4 November 2018 (aged 71) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Spouse | Nargis Islam |
| Children | 2, including Anindya Islam Amit |
Political life
Tariqul got the dilapidated Shaheed Minar of Michael Madhusudan College repaired in Jessore in 1962 and was arrested by the then military government. He served as the general secretary of the Satra Union of Michael Madhusudan College as a candidate of the students' union in the academic year 1963–1964.[citation needed]
He was imprisoned in Rajshahi and Jessore for nine months in 1968 for his anti-Ayub movement. While at Rajshahi University, he was again imprisoned for leading the mass uprising of 1968.[citation needed]
He joined the National Awami Party led by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani in 1970. He actively participated in the liberation war. From the National Awami Party, he first joined the Nationalist Democratic Party and then Ziaur Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was one of the seventy six members of the first convening committee of the BNP. He was the founding convener of Jessore District Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[citation needed]
In 1980, he served as chairman of the Nationalist Party. He was also elected joint secretary general, acting secretary general, vice chairman of the BNP and a member of the standing committee of the fifth council of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2009.[citation needed]
Career
Islam was a standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).[4] He served as the minister of information in the third Khaleda Zia cabinet.[5][6]