Tanjim Ahmad Sohel Taj ( bn, তানজিম আহমদ সোহেল তাজ, ; born 5 January 1970), better known as just Sohel Taj, is a fitness and health activist, body-builder and retired

Bangladesh Awami League Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

politician and former State Minister of Home Affairs. He is the son of Bangladesh's first Prime Minister

Tajuddin Ahmad Tajuddin Ahmad ( bn, তাজউদ্দীন আহমদ; ; 23 July 1925 – 3 November 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician and statesman. He led the Provisional Government of Bangladesh as its prime minister during the Bangladesh Liberat ...

Early life

Taj was born in Dhaka on 5 January 1970 to

, who was the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Syeda Zohra Tajuddin, a former convenor and presidium member of

. He has three sisters, Sharmin Ahmad Reepi, Simeen Hussain Rimi and Mahjabin Ahmad Mimi. He obtained bachelor of business administration degree from the

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and masters from Gordon University in the United States in 2008.

Career

Taj was elected a member of

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in 2001 with

nomination. He served as a member of standing committee on the ministry of youth and sports. He was re-elected from the same constituency in 2008 and joined the then Prime Minister

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh since January 2 ...

's cabinet as the state minister of home affairs on 6 January 2009 and resigned from the position on 31 May the same year. Taj resigned from Bangladesh's parliament, where he had represented the Gazipur-4 constituency on 23 April 2012. His sister

Simeen Hussain Rimi Simeen Hussain Rimi (born 19 August 1961) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Gazipur-4 constituency. She was elected in the 10th Parliamentary Elections held on 5 January 2014 and in ...

was later elected MP to replace him in his former constituency. Sohel Taj launched the health and fitness related hit television show ''Hotline Commando'' on 20 July 2019 focusing on social issues of Bangladesh. He is the creator and host of the show. The program aired on private satellite channel RTV and is scheduled to run for 12 episodes. Due to Covid-19, the show has been on break after airing 6 episodes. It has reached a combined viewership (TV and social media) of over 20 million.

References

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