Amanullah Aman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Member of Parliament. He is the joint secretary general of BNP.

Early life

Aman was born in Keraniganj Upazila, Dhaka District.

Career

Aman started his political career in the

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal ( bn, জাতীয়তাবাদী ছাত্রদল ''Jatiyôtabadee Chhatrô Dôl''), also known as ''J.C.D'', is the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Many of the top BNP leade ...

. He was elected as Vice President of

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in 1990. He was one of the most prominent student leaders of anti autocracy movement in 1990 which resulted in resignation of

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Ershad and a subsequent free fair election under caretaker government. Aman was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Dhaka-3 at the 1991 general election. He received 97,299 votes while his nearest rival, Mostafa Mohsin Montu of

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, received 66,220. Aman was elected to parliament from Dhaka-3 in the

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which was boycotted by all major parties. He was made the state minister of education. His entourage assaulted a life operator at the secretariat building. Aman was closely tied with Tanaka Group owned by his friend Mahin Chowdhury. He built his home and an office complex in Gulshan. Aman was re-elected in the

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from Dhaka-3 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He received 124,096 votes while his nearest rival, Md. Shah Jahan of

, received 52,662 votes. Aman was re-elected 2001 general elections from Dhaka-3. He received 169,980 votes while his nearest rival,

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, received 89,375 votes. Aman served as the State Minister of Health and Family Welfare. He was later the State Minister of Labour and Manpower. In 2004, he met the Director General of International Labour Organisation Juan Somavia in Geneva. Aman was charged in 57 cases over public safety. On 9 May 2008, he was sentenced to seven years in jail in an extortion case filed on 6 March 2007. His wife was also an accused in the case. A former officer in charge of Keraniganj Model Police Station was sued for exempting Aman's name from the murder case of a Jubo League politician. Aman was the former General Secretary of Dhaka District unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. In October 2009, a businessman in Dhaka asked the government to protect him from Aman who had threatened the businessman for not supporting Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Aman was charged with burning cars on 9 December 2012 in Tetuljhora and Aminbazar. He was indicted in November 2014. Aman was sentenced to jail in 2014 over four cases filed against him for violence during general strikes enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was relieved of charges on 16 November 2016. On 3 February 2018, Aman was sent to jail in a case about snatching an accused from police custody. His candidacy for the

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was rejected by the

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. His son, Irfan Ibne Aman, was instead nominated by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from

Dhaka-2 Dhaka-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Qamrul Islam of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dhaka South City Corporation wards 55 through 57; one uni ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aman, Amanullah 1962 births Living people People from Dhaka District University of Dhaka alumni Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians State Ministers of Health and Family Welfare (Bangladesh) State Ministers of Labour and Employment (Bangladesh) 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 7th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members