AFM Bahauddin Nasim | |
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আ. ফ. ম. বাহাউদ্দিন নাছিম | |
Member of Bangladesh Parliament | |
Assumed office 07 January 2024 | |
Preceded by | Rashed Khan Menon |
Constituency | Dhaka-8 |
In office 5 January 2014 – 29 December 2018 | |
Preceded by | Syed Abul Hossain |
Succeeded by | Abdus Sobhan Golap |
Constituency | Madaripur-3 |
Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League | |
Assumed office 21 December 2021 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Madaripur District , East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan | 11 November 1961
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Spouse | Dr. Sultana Shamima Chowdhury |
Children | Plabon, Faiza |
Alma mater | Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University |
AFM Bahauddin Nasim (Bengali: আ.ফ.ম বাহাউদ্দিন নাছিম) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and current Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League. He is incumbent Member of Parliament for Dhaka-8 Constituency.
He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University.[1] His paternal grandmother was a sister of Sheikh Lutfar Rahman (father of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman), making Mujib his uncle and Sheikh Hasina his second-cousin.
Nasim started his political career by joining Bangladesh Student League. He was president and also secretary of Bangladesh Student League Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Unit. In 1981, he became president of Bangladesh Student League, Madaripur District unit. He was the President of the Bangladesh Awami Swechasebak League.[2] He was Assistant Personal Secretary -2 of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 1996-2001 period. He was elected to parliament in 2014 from Madaripur-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.[3] In 2017, he was acquainted by a on a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.[4] He was a member of the treasury bench of the Parliament of Bangladesh.[5] He is now Joint General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League.[6]
AFM Bahauddin Nasim was born on 11 November 1961 in Madaripur, Faridpur district of East Pakistan.[7] Nasim is married to Dr. Sultana Shamima Chowdhury.