Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin
মীর মোহাম্মদ নাসিরুদ্দিন
Nasiruddin in Kolkata (2005)
State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
In office
10 October 2001 – 17 November 2005
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded bySayed Ashraful Islam
Succeeded byMd. Mahbub Ali
2nd Mayor of Chittagong
In office
1 May 1991 – 20 December 1993
Preceded byMahmudul Islam Chowdhury
Succeeded byA. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury
Personal details
BornChittagong, East Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party
ResidenceChittagong

Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin (Bengali: মীর মোহাম্মদ নাসিরুদ্দিন) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism.[1]

Career

Nasiruddin served as the State Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism in the Second Khaleda Cabinet.[2] He was the Four-party Alliance candidate in the 2005 Chittagong Mayoral election. He was defeated by the incumbent Mayor A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Awami League.[3] He is an adviser of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson and former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia.[4] On 5 May 2017, he met the chief Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Shah Ahmad Shafi, at Hathazari Madrasa, Chittagong.[5]

Corruption

On 12 July 2007, Nasiruddin was jailed by a special Anti-Corruption court for corruption along with his son Mir Mohammed Helal Uddin for 13 years.[6] Bangladesh High Court nullified the sentences in August 2010. On 3 July 2014, Bangladesh Supreme Court scrapped the High Court order that acquitted him of all charges.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Mir Nasir arrested". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin talks to The Star City". The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "It's Mohiuddin Again". Star Weekend Magazine. The Daily Star. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Opposition calls hartal for Sunday in 4 dists". The Daily Star. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "BNP leader Mir Nasir meets Hefazat chief". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Bangladesh ex-minister jailed for 13 years for graft". Reuters. 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "SC scrubs acquital of Mir Nasir, son". The Daily Star. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2018.


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