Aminul Haque (1942/1943 – 21 April 2019) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician who served as the Bangladesh Minister of Post and Telecommunications. A member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he represented

Rajshahi-1 Rajshahi-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in t ...

as a member of parliament from 1991 to 2006.

Political career

Haque was a barrister. He was elected a member of parliament from the

constituency in the elections held in 1991, 1996 and 2001. He served as the Post and Telecommunications Minister during 2001–2006.

Allegations and imprisonments

In 2005, a BNP MP from Rajshahi-3 constituency, Abu Hena alleged that Haque was among several party members who were affiliated with

Bangla Bhai Siddique ul-Islam ( bn, সিদ্দিকুল ইসলাম ''Siddikul Islam''), known popularly as Bangla Bhai (বাংলা ভাই "Bengali Brother") (1970 – 30 March 2007), also known as Jawad uddin attari ( bn, আজিজ ...

, military commander of a local Islamist organization. In November, Hena was expelled from the party for the statements over the rise of Islamic militancy in the country. Bangla Bhai, before his execution in January 2007, disclosed Haque's name as one of the patrons of Islamist militancy. In July 2007, Haque was sentenced ''in absentia'' to 31 years and six months' imprisonment for aiding and abetting the militants of

Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen ("Assembly of Mujahideen--Bangladesh", abbreviated: JMB; bn, জামাত-উল-মুজাহিদীন বাংলাদেশ) is a terrorist organisation operating in Bangladesh. It is listed as a terror group by ...

(JMB) in extorting and torturing people in Bagmara Upazila in 2004. In May 2009,

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, a US-based news service, reported he had received bribes from the German company,

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in 2004. In July 2009, Haque surrendered and was sent to jail. In January 2018,

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Sheikh Hasina named Haque as one of the 50 Bangladeshis whose names were included in the

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Death

Haque died on 21 April 2019 at the age of 76 by lung cancer .

References

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