Shamsul Hoque Tuku (born 31 May 1948) is a

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politician and incumbent Deputy speaker of

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. He is the former

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of the

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for

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in the second Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government. Tuku was elected to Parliament from Pabna-1 in 2008, 2014 and 2018.

Biography

Tuku was born on 31 May 1948. He has master's degrees in communication, arts, and law. He is a lawyer. Tuku was elected to Parliament for the first time in the ninth Bangladesh parliamentary election, in 2008, representing constituency Pabna-1. In July 2009, he was appointed as a

for the

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by the cabinet council of the Bangladesh Government. His house in

Pabna district Pabna District ( bn, পাবনা জেলা) is a district in central Bangladesh. It is an economically important district in Bangladesh. Its administrative capital is the eponymous Pabna town. History Archeologist Cunningham conjectur ...

, which was rented out to the local passport office, was fire damaged by members of

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী, Bānglādēsh Jāmāyatē Islāmī, Bangladesh Islamic Assembly), previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, or Jamaat for short, was ...

in 2013. Tuku was re-elected to Parliament in the tenth Bangladesh parliamentary election, in 2014. He is a member of three Parliamentary standing committees: Ministry of Home Affairs; Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs; and Public Accounts. On 28 August 2022, he has been selected for the vacant post of Deputy Speaker of Jatiyo Sangsad.

Personal life

Tuku's brother, Abdul Baten, is the mayor of Bera Municipality. In October 2020, Baten was accused of "misbehaving" with the upazila nirbahi officer.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tuku, Shamsul Hoque Living people 1948 births 20th-century Bangladeshi lawyers Awami League politicians Home Affairs ministers of Bangladesh 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members Place of birth missing (living people)