Dr. Abdul Moyeen Khan (born 1 January 1947) is a

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

politician. He is a member of the current Standing Committee of the Party. He served as the Minister of State for Planning, Government of Bangladesh during 1993-1996, Minister of Information during 2001–2002 and the Minister of Science and Information & Communication Technology (now renamed) during 2002–2006. He served as a Member of Bangladesh Parliament from 1991 until 2006.

Background

Khan is the son of Abdul Momen Khan, formerly the top Civil Servant in Bangladesh (Cabinet Secretary) and a former

(BNP) politician, a founder member of BNP and the Minister of Food in the Cabinet of President Ziaur Rahman. Dr Khan, an academic by profession, topped all exams in schools and colleges in his life with awards and gold medals, graduated as a PhD from the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

in 1973 and was a Professor of Physics in the University of Dhaka until 1991 when he first successfully ran for the fifth Parliament in 1991 and was elected the MP for Narsingdi 2 Constituency. He then ran successively in 3 following Parliaments and continued representing his constituency as the MP until 2006.

Career

In December 2009, Khan became a member of BNP's Standing Committee, the highest policy planning body of the Party.

References

Living people 1947 births People from Narsingdi District Notre Dame College, Dhaka alumni Alumni of the University of Sussex Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members Information ministers of Bangladesh Place of birth missing (living people) {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub