The Honourable Zunaid Ahmed Palak |
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জুনাইদ আহমেদ পলক | |
Palak at 10-year Founding Anniversary Conference 2015
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Member of Parliament for The National Assembly of Bangladesh |
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Assumed office December 2008 |
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Preceded by | Quazi Golam Morshed |
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Born |
Natore |
17 May 1980
Nationality | Bangladesh |
Political party | The Awami League |
Spouse(s) | Arifa Jesmin Konika. |
Children | Apurbo, Arjon, Anirban. |
Alma mater | Dhaka College |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Lawyer: Bangladesh Supreme Court |
Zunaid Ahmed Palak (Bengali: জুনাইদ আহমেদ পলক, born 17 May 1980) is a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician from the Bangladesh Awami League party and a member of the Parliamentary Treasury Bench. He is the youngest Member of Parliament (MP) in the National Assembly of Bangladesh from his ancestral area of Singra in Natore of Rajshahi. His victory in the National Elections of 2008 at the age of just 28 resulted in him being referred to as the Youngest Lawmaker of Bangladesh. He is also a Forecaster of Singra Damdama Pilot School and College.He is known as a favourite person for Youth
Ahmed was born in Faiz Uddin Ahmed-Zamila Ahmed family at Singra Upazila of Natore District. He was educated at Dhaka College with a MSS and then an LLB, and later became a young lawyer and then advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. His father was also a politician. In 14, he participated in the 1st Asia Pacific Jamboree held in Mouchak, Gazipur in 1994 as a team leader.
In his early twenties, he followed his father's footsteps in politics and became a member of the Bangladesh Awami League party. After HSC he involved in politics by joining Bangladesh Students's League. He was elected VP of the Gol-e-Afroze Govt. College Students' Union at the age of 18 years.