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Aminul Haque
আমিনুল হক
Member of Parliament
for Rajshahi-1
In office
1991–2006
Succeeded byOmor Faruk Chowdhury
Posts and Telecommunications Minister
In office
2001–2006
Personal details
Born1942/1943
Died (aged 76)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh 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. A member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he represented Rajshahi-1 as a member of parliament from 1991 to 2006.

Political career

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. He served as the post and telecommunications minister during 2001–2006.

Allegations and imprisonments

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. In November, Hena was expelled from the party for the statements over the rise of Islamic militancy in the country. Bangla Bhai, before his execution in January 2007, disclosed Haque's name as one of the patrons of Islamist militancy. 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. In May 2009, Frontline World, a US-based news service, reported he had received bribes from the German company, Siemens in 2004.

In July 2009, Haque surrendered and was sent to jail.

In January 2018, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina named Haque as one of the 50 Bangladeshis whose names were included in the Paradise Papers.

Death

Haque died on 21 April 2019 at the age of 76 by lung cancer.

References

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  11. "Former minister Aminul seeks review of cases". The Daily Star. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  12. Anwar Ali (27 July 2007). "JMB patron Aminul jailed - 24 others also handed 31 years behind bars for helping militants". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
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  14. "Aminul sent to jail on surrender". The Daily Star. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  15. "Tarique, Koko laundered $1b to Belgium, Malaysia: PM". The Daily Star. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  16. "BNP leader Barrister Aminul Haque passes away". The Daily Star. 21 April 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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