Abdullah Al Islam Jakob | |
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Deputy Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change | |
In office 2014–2019 | |
Succeeded by | Habibun Nahar |
Member of Parliament (Bangladesh) | |
Assumed office 2008 | |
Preceded by | Nazimuddin Alam |
Constituency | Bhola-4 |
Personal details | |
Born | Bhola, Bangladesh | 21 December 1972
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
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Abdullah Al Islam Jakob is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the present chairman of the Standing Committee on Ministry of Youth & Sports and former deputy Minister of Environment and Forest. He is also a member of parliament for Bhola-4.[1][2][3] His father M. M. Nazrul Islam was also a member of the Jatiya Sangsad.[4]
Jakob was born on 21 December 1972 in Char Fasson, Bhola District, Bangladesh.[5]
Jakob was elected to parliament from Bhola-4 in 2014.[5] He won at 11th Jatiya Sangsad general election, held on 30 December 2018.[6] He built a 16-storey tower in Char Fasson, Bhola named Jakob Tower to promote tourism in Bhola.[7]