Mr. Md. Tazul Islam

Honorable Minister

Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives

  

Md. Tazul Islam, Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives was born in 1955 at Pomgaon village of Monohorgonj upazila of Cumilla district to an aristocratic Muslim family. He is the son of Alhaj Zulfiqar Ali and Mrs Anwara Begum.

 

He studied at Pomgaon Primary and High School, HSC from Nawab Faizunnesa Government College and postgraduate from Chittagong University. He obtained an MBA in Marketing and Finance from Southern University and the International Business School of Scandinavia respectively.

 

He was elected from the Laksam-Monohorgonj constituency as a member of parliament in 1996, 2008, 2014, 2018, and 2024. After the 12th national assembly election held on 7th January 2024, the Honorable Prime Minister appointed him as the Minister for Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives in the existing Cabinet.

 

As a parliamentarian, he has worked with the standing committee of Home, Planning, and Finance Ministry as a member and worked as Chairman of the standing committee of Power and Energy from 2014 to 2018. From 2019 to 2023, he served as Minister of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives.

 

Because of Government and Non-Government issues, he traveled to many countries in Asia, Europe, the USA, Africa, and Australia.