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| Office | Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology |
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| Office | Minister of Textiles and Jute
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| Term start | 12 January 2014 |
| Term end | 30 September 2014 |
| Predecessor | Rashed Khan Menon |
| Successor | Sheikh Hasina
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| Successor | Emaz Uddin Pramanik
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| Born | Template:Birth year and age |
| Born | Tangail District, Bengal Presidency, British India
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| Nationality | Bangladeshi
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| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Spouse | Laila Siddiqui
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Abdul Latif Siddiqui (born 1943)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He represented the Tangail-4 constituency for two terms in the Bangladesh Parliament.[2][3] He served as the Minister of Textiles and Jute in the second Hasina ministry and Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology in the third Hasina ministry.
Abdul Latif Siddiqui is the elder brother of politician Abdul Kader Siddique.[4]
Career
Siddiqui served as a Jatiya Sangsad member from Tangail-4 constituency.[5] He resigned on 1 September 2015.[6] 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.[7][8]
Controversy
In March 2014, Siddiqui was reported by media to have beaten a PDB engineer with a stick, leaving him severely injured.[9][10]
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.[11] On 30 September, he was sacked from his ministerial post in the cabinet.[12][13]
Charges and convictions
On 17 October 2018, the 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.[14] In July 2020, the Supreme Court upheld a High Court order that stayed for six months the trial proceedings.[15]
References
- ↑ Profile Of Ministers(2009-01-09).
- ↑ List of 7th Parliament Members (Bangla). Bangladesh Parliament.
- ↑ List of 9th Parliament Members. Bangladesh Parliament.
- ↑ Kader Siddique’s nomination cancelled, his party calls Tangail shutdown for Wednesday. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ↑ Latif Siddique bids farewell to elections. bdnews24(11 June 2013).
- ↑ Latif Siddique resigns from Jatiya Sangsad. Dhaka Tribune(2 September 2015).
- ↑ Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh{{#if:Rahman|, Rahman}. Scarecrow Press(2010). ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4
- ↑ Abdul Latif Siddiqui made telecom and ICT minister. telecomnews(12 January 2014).
- ↑ Latif Siddiqui beats PDB engineer. banglanews24(29 March 2014).
- ↑ Minister allegedly beats PDB engineer. bdnews24(29 March 2014).
- ↑ I strongly oppose Hajj and Tablig Jamaat: Latif Siddiqui. The Daily Observer(29 September 2014).
- ↑ Bangladesh minister sacked after criticism of Haj. Arab News(30 September 2014).
- ↑ Bangladesh 'Hajj critic' AL Siddique is arrested. BBC News.
- ↑ Latif Siddique sent to jail in graft case. The Daily Star(2019-06-20). Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ↑ Trial against Latif Siddique in corruption case stayed for 6 months. The Daily Star(2020-07-16). Retrieved 2020-10-06.