AFM Bahauddin Nasim is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and current joint secretary of the party. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-8 constituency.

AFM Bahauddin Nasim
আ. ফ. ম. বাহাউদ্দিন নাছিম
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Dhaka-8
In office
30 January 2024 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byRashed Khan Menon
Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Madaripur-3
In office
5 January 2014 – 29 December 2018
Preceded bySyed Abul Hossain
Succeeded byAbdus Sobhan Golap
Personal details
Born (1961-11-11) 11 November 1961 (age 63)
Madaripur District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
SpouseSultana Shamima Chowdhury
Children2
Alma materSher-e-Bangla Agricultural University

Early life

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Nasim has a bachelor of science degree from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University.[1] His paternal grandmother was a sister of Sheikh Lutfar Rahman (father of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman), making Mujib his uncle and Sheikh Hasina his second-cousin.

Career

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Nasim started his political career by joining Bangladesh Student League. He was president and also secretary of Bangladesh Student League Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Unit. In 1981, he became president of Bangladesh Student League, Madaripur District unit. He was the president of the Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League.[2] He was assistant personal secretary -2 of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 1996-2001 period. He was elected to parliament in 2014 from Madaripur-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[3] In 2017, he was acquainted by a on a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.[4] He was a member of the treasury bench of the Parliament of Bangladesh.[5] He is now joint general secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League.[6]

Personal life

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Nasim was born on 11 November 1961 in Madaripur, Faridpur district of East Pakistan.[7] Nasim is married to Sultana Shamima Chowdhury.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "A.F.M. Bahauddin (Nasim) Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Bahauddin Nasim sent to jail after his surrender". The Daily Star. 17 November 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  3. ^ "A.F.M. Bahauddin (Nasim) History". Amarmp. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Awami League leader Bahauddin Nasim acquitted in ACC case". bdnews24.com. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Tea export fetches at Tk 17cr in last FY: Tofail". The Independent. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 3 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  6. ^ আওয়ামী লীগের কেন্দ্রীয় কমিটিতে যারা. Channel i (in Bengali). 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Constituency 220_10th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 20 December 2019.