Aminul Haque | |
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আমিনুল হক | |
Member of Parliament for Rajshahi-1 | |
In office 1991–2006 | |
Succeeded by | Omor Faruk Chowdhury |
Posts and Telecommunications Minister | |
In office 2001–2006 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1942/1943 |
Died | (aged 76) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Aminul Haque (1942/1943 – 21 April 2019) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician who served as the Bangladesh Minister of Post and Telecommunications. [1] [2] [3] A member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he represented Rajshahi-1 as a member of parliament from 1991 to 2006. [4]
Haque was a barrister. He was elected a member of parliament from the Rajshahi-1 constituency in the elections held in 1991, 1996 and 2001. [5] He served as the Post and Telecommunications Minister during 2001–2006. [6]
In 2005, a BNP MP from Rajshahi-3 constituency, Abu Hena alleged that Haque was among several party members who were affiliated with Bangla Bhai, military commander of a local Islamist organization. [7] [8] [9] In November, Hena was expelled from the party for the statements over the rise of Islamic militancy in the country. [10] Bangla Bhai, before his execution in January 2007, disclosed Haque's name as one of the patrons of Islamist militancy. [11] In July 2007, Haque was sentenced in absentia to 31 years and six months' imprisonment for aiding and abetting the militants of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in extorting and torturing people in Bagmara Upazila in 2004. [12] In May 2009, Frontline World, a US-based news service, reported he had received bribes from the German company, Siemens in 2004. [13]
In July 2009, Haque surrendered and was sent to jail. [14]
In January 2018, Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina named Haque as one of the 50 Bangladeshis whose names were included in the Paradise Papers. [15]
Haque died on 21 April 2019 at the age of 76 by lung cancer . [16]