Amanullah Aman is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician and a former member of parliament. He is the joint secretary general of the BNP.[1]
Amanullah Aman | |
|---|---|
আমানউল্লাহ আমান | |
| State Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |
| In office 9 December 2001 – 22 May 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia |
| Minister | Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain |
| Preceded by | Rezaul Karim Mannan |
| Succeeded by | Mizanur Rahman Sinha |
| State Minister of Labour and Employment | |
| In office 22 May 2003 – 28 October 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia |
| Preceded by | Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad |
| Succeeded by | Monnujan Sufian |
| 25th Vice President of DUCSU | |
| In office 1990–1991 | |
| President | Kazi Zafar Ahmed Khaleda Zia |
| Preceded by | Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | Nurul Haq Nur |
| Member of Jatiya Sangsad | |
| In office 20 March 1991 – 28 October 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Md. Saifur Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Nasrul Hamid |
| Constituency | Dhaka-3 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 January 1962 Keraniganj Upazila, Dhaka District, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Early life
editAman was born in Keraniganj Upazila, Dhaka District.[2]
Career
editAman started his political career in the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal.[2] He was elected as vice president of Dhaka University Central Student's Union (DUCSU) in 1990. He was one of the most prominent student leaders of anti autocracy movement in 1990 which resulted in resignation of General Ershad and a subsequent free fair election under caretaker government.
Aman was first elected as the member of parliament for Dhaka-3 in the 1991 general election.[3] He received 97,299 votes while his nearest rival, Mostafa Mohsin Montu of Awami League, received 66,220.[3]
Aman was elected to parliament from Dhaka-3 in the February 1996 Bangladeshi general election which was boycotted by all major parties.[2] He was made the state minister of education.[2] His entourage assaulted a life operator at the secretariat building.[2] Aman was closely tied with Tanaka Group owned by his friend Mahin Chowdhury.[2] He built his home and an office complex in Gulshan.[2]
Aman was re-elected in the June 1996 Bangladeshi general election from Dhaka-3 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[3] He received 124,096 votes while his nearest rival, Md. Shah Jahan of Awami League, received 52,662 votes.[3]
Aman was re-elected 2001 general elections from Dhaka-3.[3] He received 169,980 votes while his nearest rival, Nasrul Hamid of Awami League, received 89,375 votes.[3]
Aman served as the state minister of health and family welfare.[2] He was later the state minister of labour and manpower.[2] In 2004, he met the Director General of International Labour Organisation Juan Somavia in Geneva.[4]
Aman was charged in 57 cases over public safety.[2] On 9 May 2008, he was sentenced to seven years in jail in an extortion case filed on 6 March 2007.[5] His wife was also an accused in the case.[6] 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.[7]
Aman was the former general secretary of Dhaka District unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[8] 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.[9]
Aman was charged with burning cars on 9 December 2012 in Tetuljhora and Aminbazar.[1] He was indicted in November 2014.[1]
Aman was sentenced to jail in 2014 over four cases filed against him for violence during general strikes enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[10] He was relieved of charges on 16 November 2016.[11]
On 3 February 2018, Aman was sent to jail in a case about snatching an accused from police custody.[12] His candidacy for the 2018 Bangladeshi general election was rejected by the Election Commission.[13] His son, Irfan Ibne Aman, was instead nominated by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from Dhaka-2.[14]
References
edit- ^ a b c "BNP's Amanullah, 79 others indicted". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Litany Of Allegations". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". 28 December 2008. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Labour issues discussed with ILO DG". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Aman gets 7yrs for Tk 10 lakh extortion". The Daily Star. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Aman, wife indicted for extortion". The Daily Star. 17 October 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Ex-Keraniganj OC sued for exempting Aman from murder case". The Daily Star. UNB. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "BNP's Aman, Aazam step down from posts". The Daily Star. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Businessman Osman demands punishment to Aman". The Daily Star. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Amanullah Aman sent to jail". The Daily Star. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "18 BNP men relieved of arson case". The Daily Star. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Aman, Nazimuddin land in jail". The Daily Star. UNB. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Candidature of Aman, Kader Siddique rejected". The Daily Star. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Dhaka-2: BNP ticket stays in Aman family". The Daily Star. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2022.