Tanvir Shakil Joy
Tanvir Shakil Joy | |
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তানভীর শাকিল জয় | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Assumed office 12 November 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Nasim |
| Constituency | Sirajganj-1 |
| In office 25 January 2009 – 24 January 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Nasim |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Nasim |
| Constituency | Sirajganj-1 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1976 |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Parents |
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Tanvir Shakil Joy (born 1 August 1976)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sirajganj-1 constituency.
Career[edit]
In April 2007, illegal VoIP equipment allegedly owned by Joy were seized by Rapid Action Battalion from a house in Bashabo, Dhaka.[2]
Joy was elected to Parliament in 2008 from Sirajganj-1 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[3]
In 2016, he was one of the organiser of a rally of Bangladeshi students protesting Islamic extremism.[4][5]
After the death of Mohammed Nasim, his father, on 13 June 2020 Joy was elected as a Jatiya Sangsad member of the vacant seat in the by-election held on 12 Nov 2020.[6][7]
Personal life[edit]
Joy's father, Mohammed Nasim, was an Awami League politician and former government minister.[8] His grandfather was Captain Muhammad Mansur Ali.[9] Tanvir Shakil Joy was married in 2000 to Sabrina Sultana Chowdhury, a teacher in the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Dhaka University. He is the father of a daughter named Tapsi Joy Prathama.
References[edit]
- ^ "Constituency 62". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
- ^ "VoIP equipment of Nasim's son seized". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results". amardesh.com. Amar Desh Online. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Bangladesh students rally against rising extremism". Saudigazette. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Students in Bangladesh rally against Islamic militants". SFGate. Associated Press. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "সাহারার আসনে হাবিব, নাসিমের আসনে ছেলের জয়". jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ SomoyerKonthosor. "সংসদ সদস্য হিসেবে শপথ নিলেন নাসিমপুত্র তানভীর শাকিল". SomoyerKonthosor. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- ^ "Nasim's family applies for compassionate bail". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "Third generation enters into politics". en.banglainsider.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019.