Gayeshwar Chandra Roy is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician and former state minister of the Bangladeshi government. He is currently serving as a Standing Committee (the highest policy-making forum) member of the party.[1] He was also a member of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal during the 1970s.
Gayeshwar Chandra Roy | |
|---|---|
| গয়েশ্বর চন্দ্র রায় | |
 Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on 30 July 2023 | |
| Minister of State for Environment and Forest | |
| In office 20 March 1991 – 10 October 1993 | |
| Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia |
| Preceded by | Qazi Fazlur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Yunus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1951 Keraniganj, Dhaka |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Before 1978) |
| Relations | |
| Occupation | politician |
Early life
editRoy was born on 1 November 1951 in a Bengali Hindu family of Dhaka district of the then East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan (now Bangladesh), to Gannandra Chandra Roy and Sumoti Roy.[2]
Career
editRoy was involved in progressive politics in his student life. In the 1970s, he was a member of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal.[3] He joined Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, a political wing of the BNP, in 1978.[4] After the 5th parliamentary election in 1991, the BNP formed the government and Roy was made state minister for the Ministry of Environment and Forest (now Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) under the technocrat quota. Later, he was appointed as one of the joint secretaries general of BNP and then a member of the Standing Committee.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Gayeshwar Chandra Roy attacked in Keraniganj". Dhaka Tribune. 25 December 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Election Commission Bangladesh: Candidate Disclosure". Election Commission Bangladesh. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ ইনু ‘জাতীয় বেয়াদব’: গয়েশ্বর. bdnews24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ গয়েশ্বরকে নিয়ে একাট্টা বিএনপি. Samakal (in Bengali). Retrieved 23 January 2019.