Abdullah Al Islam Jakob is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the present chairman of the Standing Committee on Ministry of Youth & Sports and former deputy Minister of Environment and Forest. He is also a member of parliament for Bhola-4. His father M. M. Nazrul Islam was also a member of the Jatiya Sangsad.

Early life

Jakob was born on 21 December 1972 in

Char Fasson Char Fasson ( bn, চর ফ্যাশন) is a town and municipality in Bhola District in the Barisal division, division of Barisal, Bangladesh. It is the administrative headquarter and urban centre of Char Fasson Upazila. References See also ...

Bhola District Bhola District ( bn, ভোলা) is an administrative district (''zila'') in south-central Bangladesh, which includes Bhola Island, the largest island of Bangladesh. It is located in the Barisal Division and has an area of 3403.48 km2. It i ...

, Bangladesh.

Career

Jakob was elected to parliament from Bhola-4 in 2014. He won at 11th Jatiya Sangsad general election, held on 30 December 2018. He built a 16-storey tower in

Bhola Bhola ( bn, ভোলা) is a town and district headquarter of Bhola District in the division of Barishal, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most ...

named Jakob Tower to promote tourism in Bhola.

References

Living people 1972 births People from Bhola District Politicians from Barisal Division Awami League politicians 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 9th Jatiya Sangsad members 12th Jatiya Sangsad members {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub