Abdul Latif Siddiqui
| Abdul Latif Siddique | |
|---|---|
| আব্দুল লতিফ সিদ্দিকী | |
| Minister of Posts and Telecommunications and Information Communication Technology | |
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In office 12 January 2014 – 30 September 2014 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Rashed Khan Menon |
| Minister of Textiles and Jute | |
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In office January 2009 – 2013 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Succeeded by | Emaz Uddin Pramanik |
| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Tangail-4 | |
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In office 25 January 2009 – 1 September 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Shajahan Siraj |
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In office 14 July 1996 – 13 July 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Shajahan Siraj[1] |
| Succeeded by | Shajahan Siraj[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Abdul Latif Siddiqui 1943 (age 72–73) Tangail |
| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Spouse(s) | Laila Siddiqui |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Abdul Latif Siddiqui is a Bangladeshi politician.
Career
He served as a member of the Parliament of the People's Republic of Bangladesh from Tangail-4 constituency.[3][4][5] He resigned on 1 September 2015.[6]
He was the former Jute and Textiles Minister of the Bangladesh Government from 2009-2013. In January 2014, Abdul Latif Siddiqui was made the Posts and Telecommunications along with Information Communication Technology Minister in the 10th cabinet.[7][8] On 30 September 2014, he was sacked from his ministerial post and the cabinet after his criticism of the Muslim pilgrimage of Haj triggered protests by Islamists who declared him an apostate and set a 24-hour deadline to replace him.[9][10]
Controversy
In March 2014, Siddiqui was reported by media to have allegedly beaten a PDB engineer with a stick, leaving him severely injured.[11][12] In September 2014, Siddiqui was widely criticized for his remarks criticizing the Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj, and the Islamic organization, the Tabligh Jamaat, leading to strong calls for his removal from the cabinet.[13]
References
- ↑ "List of 6th Parliament Members (Bangla)". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bangla). Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ↑ "List of 8th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ↑ "List of 7th Parliament Members (Bangla)". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bangla). Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ↑ "List of 9th Parliament Members (Bangla)". Bangladesh Parliament (in Bangla). Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ↑ "Latif Siddique bids farewell to elections". bdnews24. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ↑ Molla, Mohammad Al-Masum (2 September 2015). "Latif Siddique resigns from Jatiya Sangsad". Dhaka Tribune.
- ↑ Rahman, Syedur (2010). Historical Dictionary of Bangladesh. Scarecrow Press. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-8108-7453-4.
- ↑ "Abdul Latif Siddiqui made telecom and ICT minister". telecomnews. 12 January 2014. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ↑ "Bangladesh minister sacked after criticism of Haj". Arab News. Agence France-Presse. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ↑ "Bangladesh 'Hajj critic' AL Siddique is arrested". BBC News. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
- ↑ "Latif Siddiqui beats PDB engineer". banglanews24. 29 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ↑ "Minister allegedly beats PDB engineer". bdnews24. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ↑ "I strongly oppose Hajj and Tablig Jamaat: Latif Siddiqui". The Daily Observer. Dhaka. 29 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.