Sayed Ashraful Islam
| Syed Ashraful Islam | |
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| Ministry of public administration | |
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Assumed office 6 January 2009 |
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| General Secretary of Awami League | |
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In office 2009 – 23 October 2016 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 January 1952 Mymensingh, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Spouse(s) | Sheila Thakur |
| Father | Syed Nazrul Islam |
Sayed Ashraful Islam (born 1952) is a Bangladeshi politician of the Awami League. He is a Member of Parliament and Minister of Public Administration of the Government of Bangladesh. Islam served for a time as Minister of Local Government and Rural Development.
He was a Mukti Bahini member during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. He was involved in politics from the student life. He became the General Secretary of greater Mymensingh District Chhatra League and assistant publicity secretary of the central unit. He also worked as the Acting General Secretary of Awami League after the arrest of its general secretary, Abdul Jalil. Now he is working as the spokesman of Bangladesh Awami League Party. He is the eldest son of Syed Nazrul Islam, acting president of the Mujibnagar government in 1971. He served as General Secretary of the Awami League.
In 1975, following the killing of Islam's father in prison along with three other national leaders, he immigrated to the United Kingdom and lived in London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Whilst living in Tower Hamlets, he was involved in Bangladeshi community activism and played an important role in formation of Bangladesh Youth League (BYL). He was elected as an Education Secretary of Federation of Bangladeshi Youth Organisation (FBYO) and worked at an education project based at Montefiore Centre in Tower Hamlets. Before immigrating to the United Kingdom, he completed Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) in 1973 from Mymensingh Zillah School. He returned to Bangladesh in 1996 and was elected Member of Parliament (MP) from his home constituency, Kishoreganj Sadar, in the 7th national elections of Bangladesh. He was elected an MP in the 2001 election as well. He worked as a member of the parliamentary standing committee on foreign ministry. His electoral pledges include building up developed road and rail link from Dhaka to his home town, Kishoreganj. He is part of a committee to study the judicial pay scale.
He questioned the role of Bangladesh in the Saudi lead military alliance against terror. He has criticised Bangladesh Bank and the Finance Ministry for the high rate of interest.
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