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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdul Latif Siddiqui
| native_name = আব্দুল লতিফ সিদ্দিকী
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Abdul Latif Siddiqui (cropped).jpg
| caption = Siddiqui in 2014
| office = [[Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology|Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology]]
| term_start = 12 January 2014
| term_end = 30 September 2014
| predecessor = [[Rashed Khan Menon]]
| successor = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| office1 = [[Ministry of Textiles and Jute|Minister of Textiles and Jute]]
| term_start1 = 6 January 2009
| term_end1 = 24 January 2014
| successor1 = [[Emaz Uddin Pramanik]]
| constituency_MP2 = [[Tangail-4]]
| term_start2 = 25 January 2009
| term_end2 = 1 September 2015
| predecessor2 = [[Shajahan Siraj]]
| successor2 = [[Hasan Imam Khan]]
| term_start3 = 14 July 1996
| term_end3 = 13 July 2001
| predecessor3 = Shajahan Siraj<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-6th-parliament-members-bangla |title=List of 6th Parliament Members (Bangla) |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |accessdate=16 November 2022}}</ref>
| successor3 = Shajahan Siraj<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-8th-parliament-members-bangla |title=List of 8th Parliament Members |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |accessdate=16 November 2022}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1943}}
| birth_place = [[Tangail District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| spouse = [[Laila Siddiqui]]
| relatives = [[Abdul Kader Siddique]] (brother)
}}

'''Abdul Latif Siddiqui''' (born 1943)<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126034248/http://www.thedailystar.net/profile/index.htm|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/profile/index.htm|archive-date=2013-01-26|accessdate=2018-11-07|date=2009-01-09|title=Profile Of Ministers}}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician. He represented the [[Tangail-4]] constituency for two terms in the [[Bangladesh Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-7th-parliament-members-bangla |title=List of 7th Parliament Members (Bangla) |author= |website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |accessdate=16 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla |title=List of 9th Parliament Members|website=Bangladesh Parliament |language=bn |accessdate=16 November 2022}}</ref> He served as the [[Ministry of Textiles and Jute|Minister of Textiles and Jute]] in the [[second Hasina ministry]] and [[Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology|Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology]] in the [[third Hasina ministry]].

Abdul Latif Siddiqui is the elder brother of politician [[Abdul Kader Siddique]].<ref name=kader>{{Cite news|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2015/10/13/kader-siddiques-nomination-cancelled-his-party-calls-tangail-shutdown-for-wednesday|title=Kader Siddique’s nomination cancelled, his party calls Tangail shutdown for Wednesday|access-date=2018-08-21}}</ref>

==Career==
Siddiqui served as a [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from [[Tangail-4]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2013/06/11/latif-siddique-bids-farewell-to-elections | title=Latif Siddique bids farewell to elections | publisher=bdnews24 | date=11 June 2013 | accessdate=1 October 2022}}</ref> He resigned on 1 September 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Molla |first=Mohammad Al-Masum |date=2 September 2015 |title=Latif Siddique resigns from Jatiya Sangsad |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2015/09/01/latif-siddique-resigns-from-jatiya-sangsad/ |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> He served as the Jute and Textiles Minister from 2009 to 2013. In January 2014, he was appointed as the Posts and Telecommunications along with Information Communication Technology Minister in the 10th cabinet. He was sacked by Hasina because he criticised her son Joy.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Syedur |date=2010 |title=Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=347 |isbn=978-0-8108-7453-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.telecomnews.com.bd/english/archives/91 | title=Abdul Latif Siddiqui made telecom and ICT minister | publisher=telecomnews | date=12 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140126030040/http://www.telecomnews.com.bd/english/archives/91 | archive-date=26 January 2014 | accessdate=1 October 2022}}</ref>

==Controversy==
In March 2014, Siddiqui was reported by media to have beaten a PDB engineer with a stick, leaving him severely injured.<ref>{{cite news | title=Latif Siddiqui beats PDB engineer | url=http://banglanews24.com/en/fullnews/bn/88605.html | newspaper=banglanews24 | date=29 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228221347/http://banglanews24.com/en/fullnews/bn/88605.html | archive-date=28 December 2014 | accessdate=29 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Minister allegedly beats PDB engineer | url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/03/29/minister-allegedly-beats-pdb-engineer | newspaper=bdnews24 | date=29 March 2014 | accessdate=29 September 2022}}</ref>

In September 2014, Siddiqui was widely criticised for his remarks criticising the Muslim pilgrimage, the [[Hajj]], and the Islamic organisation, the [[Tabligh Jamaat]], leading to strong calls for his removal from the cabinet.<ref>{{cite news | title=I strongly oppose Hajj and Tablig Jamaat: Latif Siddiqui | url=http://observerbd.com/2014/09/29/46219.php | newspaper=The Daily Observer | location=Dhaka | date=29 September 2014 | accessdate=29 September 2022}}</ref> On 30 September, he was sacked from his ministerial post in the cabinet.<ref>{{cite news | title=Bangladesh minister sacked after criticism of Haj | url=http://www.arabnews.com/world/news/637881 | newspaper=Arab News | agency=Agence France-Presse | date=30 September 2014 | accessdate=2 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh 'Hajj critic' AL Siddique is arrested |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30195714 |website=BBC News |accessdate=12 August 2022}}</ref>

==Charges and convictions==
On 17 October 2018, the [[Anti-Corruption Commission (Bangladesh)|Anti-Corruption Commission]] (ACC) accused Siddiqui for misusing power and damaging government property under the Penal Code and section 5(2) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act 1947. On 20 June 2019, a Bogura court denied his bail and ordered him to be jailed.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-20|title=Latif Siddique sent to jail in graft case|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/latif-siddique-sent-jail-graft-case-1759834|access-date=2020-10-06|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> In July 2020, the Supreme Court upheld a High Court order that stayed for six months the trial proceedings.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-16|title=Trial against Latif Siddique in corruption case stayed for 6 months|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/latif-siddique-in-corruption-case-stayed-6-months-1931325|access-date=2020-10-06|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:People from Tangail District]]
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology ministers]]
[[Category:Textiles and Jute ministers of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:7th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
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