Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh

Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh
শেখ ফজলে নূর তাপস
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2nd Mayor of South Dhaka
Assumed office
16 May 2020
DeputyShahidullah Minu (Panel Mayor)
Preceded bySayeed Khokon
Member of Parliament
In office
29 January 2014 – 31 January 2020
Preceded byA.K.M. Rahmatullah
Succeeded byShafiul Islam Mohiuddin
ConstituencyDhaka-10
In office
25 January 2009 – 24 January 2014
Preceded byDewan Md. Salauddin
Succeeded byAsaduzzaman Khan
ConstituencyDhaka-12
Personal details
Born (1971-11-19) 19 November 1971 (age 50)
Dhaka, East Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
SpouseAfrin Taposh
Relations
Parents
RelativesSheikh-Wazed Family
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer
Websitebarristersheikhtaposh.info

Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh (born 19 November 1971) is a Bangladeshi politician and current Mayor of South Dhaka. He previously served as a Member of the Jatiya Sangsad for Dhaka-10 and Dhaka-12 from the Bangladesh Awami League.

Early life

Taposh was born to Awami League leader Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani and Arzu Moni. His parents were both assassinated on 15 August 1975 in a military coup that also killed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and other members of his family. Taposh and his elder brother Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash survived.

Career

Taposh was elected to the Jatiya Sangsad in Bangladesh General Election, 2008 from the Dhaka-12 constituency.

Taposh vehicle came under bomb attack on 21 October 2009. There was property damage and 13 people were injured in the attack.

In the 2014 general election he was elected unopposed to represent the Dhaka-10 constituency.

In 2015 there was a bomb attack on his rally.

In 2018 election he has been elected as member of parliament for consecutive third time.

In 2020, he won the Dhaka Mayoral Election and became the mayor of Dhaka South. He gets status of Full minister from 8 August, 2022 along with DNCC Mayor Atiqul Islam.

Policies

Taposh called for the trial of Mahfuz Anam for supporting the military backed caretaker government. He has criticized Rapid Action Battalion over extra judicial killings.


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