Mohammad Abdur Razzaque

Mohammad Abdur Razzaque
মোহাম্মদ আব্দুর রাজ্জাক
Razzaque in 2011
Minister of Agriculture
In office
7 January 2019 – 11 January 2024
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byMatia Chowdhury
Succeeded byAbdus Shahid[1]
Member of Parliament
for Tangail-1
In office
28 October 2001 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byAbul Hasan Chowdhury
Minister of Food
In office
September 2012 – January 2014
Succeeded byKamrul Islam [2]
Minister of Food and Disaster Management
In office
6 January 2009 – September 2012
Preceded byM M Shawkat Ali
Succeeded byQamrul Islam
Personal details
Born (1950-02-01) 1 February 1950 (age 74)
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
RelativesShamshun Nahar Chapa (sister)[3]
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician, agriculturalist

Mohammad Abdur Razzaque (born 1 February 1950) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-1 constituency during 2001–2024.[4] He was the Minister of Agriculture of Bangladesh.[5][6] He served as Minister of Food and Disaster Management from 2009 to 2012 and then, as Minister of Food until 2013.[4] He has been the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Finance since 2014.[7] He has also been serving as a presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League since 2016.[8]

Razzaque was also the head of the Election Manifesto sub-committee of Bangladesh Awami League for the 11th Bangladeshi general election in 2018.[9]

  1. ^ "কৃষিমন্ত্রী হিসেবে শপথ নিলেন আব্দুস শহীদ". দৈনিক ইনকিলাব (in Bengali). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ^ "MKA replaces Shahara". The Daily Star. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Shamsun Nahar becoming state minister for education". Somoy News. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b মাননীয় মন্ত্রীর জীবনী. Ministry of Agriculture. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  5. ^ "47-member new cabinet announced". The Daily Star. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  6. ^ "মন্ত্রিসভায় স্থান পাননি আব্দুর রাজ্জাক, নতুন কৃষিমন্ত্রী আব্দুস শহীদ". www.kalerkantho.com. January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  7. ^ "National Board of Revenue (NBR), Bangladesh". nbr.gov.bd. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  8. ^ মধুপুরে ড. আবদুর রাজ্জাকের ওপরই আস্থা আ’লীগের. Jaijaidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  9. ^ আওয়ামী লীগের নির্বাচনী ইশতেহার ১০ ডিসেম্বর | বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 25 November 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2019.