Zunaid Ahmed Palak (born 17 May 1980) is a Bangladeshi politician, and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Natore-3.

Early life and education

Palak was born on 17 May 1980 to a

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family in the village of Serkol-Teligram in Singra,

Natore District Natore district is a district of Rajshahi Division located in northern Bangladesh. It borders the metropolitan city of Rajshahi, and used to be part of Rajshahi district. History Natore was the District Headquarters of Rajshahi from 1769 to 182 ...

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. Through his parents, Faiz Ahmad and Jamila Ahmad, he is linked with the Singranatore dynasty of Mughal descent. He received his SSC from Singra Damdama Pilot High School in 1995, and his HSC from Rajshahi Old Degree College in 1997. He then studied political science at the

Dhaka College Dhaka College ( bn, ঢাকা কলেজ also known as DC) is the oldest secular educational institution of Bangladesh located in Dhaka. It offers higher secondary education ( HSC). It has Honours and Masters programs as well which are aff ...

and gained an

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from the

National University, Bangladesh The National University of Bangladesh ( bn, জাতীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ ) is a public university of Bangladesh that was established by an Act of Parliament as an affiliating University ...

Career

Palak was appointed as a Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology Division, Bangladesh on 12 January 2014 at the age of 34 years making him the youngest Minister of Bangladesh, he is also the first minister ever to be born in the independent Bangladesh. He was nominated Young Global Leader in 2016 by the World Economic Forum. At the age of 26, he got the nomination from Bangladesh Awami League, in the National Elections of 2006. In 2008 he was nominated again, and was elected by a big margin, becoming the youngest member of the ninth National Assembly of Bangladesh. In June 2017 he was nominated as Chairman of the Advisory Committee of International Association of Students in Economic and Commercial Sciences (AIESEC), Bangladesh chapter. In his early twenties, he followed his father's footsteps in politics and became a member of the

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 ...

party. Ahmed also was a committee member where he planned to incorporate " Green Technologies" into its office building principles, to reduce carbon emissions into the environment. He said that the building of offices and residences using green technology would not release any carbon to the environment, while the wastes of houses and offices will be recycled and to produce energy. He also expressed that a delegation from

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was on their way to discuss different technological issues including the building of zero carbon emitting buildings. He further added: Palak has been President of the

Bangladesh Carrom Federation Bangladesh Carrom Federation is the national federation for carrom and is responsible for governing the sport in Bangladesh. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Member of Parliament and State Minister of Information and Communication Technology, is the President ...

since 2009, and Vice President of the

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since 2011.

References

External links

Official Website of Zunaid Ahmed Palak

List of Bangladesh Parliament Members (Bengali)

Activity Report of All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Climate Change and Environment
{{DEFAULTSORT:Palak, Zunaid Ahmed 1980 births Living people People from Natore District Awami League politicians Rajshahi College alumni Dhaka College alumni State Ministers of Information (Bangladesh) State Ministers of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology 9th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Carrom people Bangladeshi people of Mughal descent