Abdul Matin Khasru

Abdul Matin Khasru (Bengali: আবদুল মতিন খসরু; born 12 February 1950) is a lawyer and Bangladesh Awami League politician. He is the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Comilla-5, having first held the seat between 1991 and 2001.[3][4] Although he lost the seat to Md. Yunus in the 2001 general election, he regained it in the December 2008 general election.[5][6] He served in the first Hasina cabinet as Minister of Law and Justice from 1997 to 2001.[1]

Abdul Matin Khasru
আবদুল মতিন খসরু
Minister of Law and Justice
In office 14 January 1997[1] – 15 July 2001[1]
Prime Minister	Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by	Syed Istiaq Ahmed[1]
Succeeded by	Syed Istiaq Ahmed[1]
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2009
Preceded by	Md. Yunus
In office February 1991 – October 2001
Preceded by	Md. Yunus[2]
Succeeded by	Md. Yunus
Constituency	Comilla-5
Personal details
Born	2 December 1950 Comilla District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Bangladesh Awami League

Khasru was elected chairman of the executive committee of the Bangladesh Bar Council in 2015.[7] The following year he was made the law secretary of Bangladesh Awami League.[8] He became a member of the party's Presidium in 2017.[9]

References

1. "Honorable Minister". Law and Justice Division. Archived from the original on 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
2. "List of 4th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
3. "Constituency 253". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
4. "List of 5th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
5. "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 2008-12-29. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
6. "List of 9th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament.
7. "Abdul Matin Khasru made bar council chairman". Dhaka Tribune. 18 October 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
8. Siddique, Mohammad Abu Bakar (25 October 2016). "AL central working committee names declared". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
9. "Ex-law minister Khasru made AL Presidium Member, Rezaul Legal Affairs Secretary". bdnews24.com. 22 July 2017.

Further reading

• "MPs' relatives to also enjoy car sticker privileges". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
• "Campaigners demand hike in tobacco taxes". The Daily Star. 10 May 2016.