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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ahasanul Islam Titu
| native_name = আহসানুল ইসলাম টিটু
| native_name_lang = bn
| constituency_MP = [[Tangail-6]]
| term_start = 29 January 2019
| predecessor = [[Khandaker Abdul Baten]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|12|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Tangail]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| parents = [[Makbul Hossain]], Golam Fatema Tahera Khanom
}}
'''Ahasanul Islam Titu''' (born 11 December 1969) is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and the incumbent member of parliament for [[Tangail-6]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Constituency 135_11th_En |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/contact/contact-an-mp-email-mobile?layout=edit&id=3695 |website=Bangladesh Parliament |access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref>

==Education==
Titu graduated from [[Assumption University (Thailand)]] with a BBA degree. He graduated with an MBA from [[Pittsburg State University]], US, in 1993.<ref name="auto" />

==Career==
Titu was elected to parliament from Tangail-6 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate on 30 December 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ahasanul Islam Titu - আহসানুল ইসলাম (টিটু) |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/17841 |website=Amarmp |access-date=7 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Interview with AL nomination aspirant Ahsanul Islam Titu from Tangail-6 |url=https://www.observerbd.com/visual.php?id=32 |accessdate=7 August 2019 |work=The Daily Observer}}</ref> Titu was the founding president of the [[Dhaka Stock Exchange's Brokerage Association]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.observerbd.com/2015/11/16/121099.php |title=DSE Brokers Association holds AGM |work=The Daily Observer |access-date=Oct 5, 2022}}</ref>

==Associations==
Titu is a prominent business leader and capital markets giant that has a long history of involvement in the financial sector of Bangladesh. In 1998 he was the convener of "DSE Automation Process Committee" <ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.dsebd.org/pdf/Jun-15-13.pdf |title=DSE 51st Annual General Meeting |access-date=2019-09-16 |archive-date=2014-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808131440/http://dsebd.org/pdf/Jun-15-13.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> and automation of [[Dhaka Stock Exchange]] trading started on 10 August 1998. Furthermore, from 2005 to 2010 he was a member of the executive committee of the [[Bangladesh Insurance Association]] (BIA) and in 2012 was the vice president of BIA.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-258227 |title=Insurance assoc re-elects new president |date=Nov 20, 2012 |work=The Daily Star |accessdate=Oct 5, 2022}}</ref>

Titu was elected as the president of [[Dhaka Stock Exchange]] on June 15, 2013. <ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://www.dsebd.org/Biography/Biography%20of%20DSE%20President.pdf |title=Mr. Ahasanul Islam Titu |access-date=2019-09-08 |archive-date=2017-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215163301/http://www.dsebd.org/Biography/Biography%20of%20DSE%20President.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to that, he held the position of senior vice president of DSE from March 16, 2011, to March 15, 2012, after being elected director on March 16, 2011, for the third time.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-177624 |title=Four directors elected to DSE |date=Mar 14, 2011 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=Oct 5, 2022}}</ref> Before that he held the position of vice chairman of DSE from March 30, 2000, to March 29, 2001, and from December 18, 1997, to March 30, 2000, he was the councillor of DSE.

==Personal life==
Titu married Ariya Islam in 1994; the two met while they were studying at [[Assumption University (Thailand)]]. They have three children: Aniqa, Alisa and Ariq. Aniqa completed her bachelor's degree at [[Mahidol University]] in Thailand and then proceeded to complete her master's degree in public health at [[Johns Hopkins University]] in the US. Alisa completed her BBA at [[Temple University]] in Philadelphia, US, and her Masters in Business Analytics from Imperial College London, UK. Ariq completed his bachelor's degree at [[Chulalongkorn University]] in Thailand.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
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[[Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:1969 births]]

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