Salim Osman
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Salim Osman
| native_name = সেলিম ওসমান
| native_name_lang = bn
| constituency_MP =Narayanganj-5
| parliament = Bangladesh
| term_start = June 2014
| term_end = 6 August 2024
| predecessor = Nasim Osman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|10|26|df=y}}
| party = Jatiya Party (Ershad)
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| relations = {{ubl|M Osman Ali (grandfather)|Shamim Osman (brother)|Nasim Osman (brother)}}
| father = AKM Samsuzzoha
| occupation = Politician, businessman
}}
Salim Osman (born 26 Oct 1958){{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/member-profile/012020801/a-k-m-salim-osman|title=Member profile|accessdate=2024-10-21|publisher=Government of Bangladesh}} is a Bangladesh Jatiya Party politician and a former member of Jatiya Sangsad representing Narayanganj-5, the constituency of his deceased elder brother.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/rise-and-fall-the-osman-family-1522270 |title=Rise and fall of the Osman family |date=2018-01-20 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-01-20 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Nasim Osman dies |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/nasim-osman-dies |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=30 April 2014 |accessdate=1 December 2016}}
Career
In 2014, Osman was elected president of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association.{{cite news |title=Salim Osman elected BKMEA president |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/business/2014/aug/23/salim-osman-elected-bkmea-president |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |accessdate=1 December 2016}} In June 2014, he was elected to parliament from the Narayanganj-5, after the death of the former representative, Nasim Osman, his older brother.{{cite news |title=Selim Osman wins amid allegations of electoral fraud |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/49806/Selim-Osman-wins-amid-allegations-of-electoral |newspaper=Prothom Alo |accessdate=1 December 2016}}
On 13 May 2016, Osman publicly shamed the headmaster of a school at Narayanganj's Bandar Upazila for allegedly insulting Islam.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/salim-osman-apologise-minister-if-needed-1229881 |title=Salim Osman won't apologise to teacher |date=2016-05-26 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-01-20 |language=en}} The incident was recorded and published on YouTube.{{Citation |last=The Daily Star |title=Narayanganj principal incident |date=2016-05-16 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A5K-YkT8Iw |accessdate=2018-01-20}}{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/salim-osmans-shaming-narayanganj-teacher-has-embarrassed-jatiya-party-gm-quader |title=Salim Osman's shaming Narayanganj teacher has embarrassed Jatiya Party: GM Quader |work=bdnews24.com |date=2016-05-23 |access-date=2018-01-20}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/salim-osman-wont-attend-js-if-he-has-any-self-respect-nasim-1227934 |title=Salim Osman won't attend JS if he has any self-respect: Nasim |date=2016-05-22 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-01-20 |language=en}} The headmaster, Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, filed a charge of assault against him. In October 2018, a Dhaka court discharged Osman from the case.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/salim-osman-discharged-teacher-shyamal-kanti-bhakta-assault-case-1650769 |title=Salim Osman discharged from teacher assault case |date=2018-10-23 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-10-23 |language=en}}
Personal life
Osman's father AKM Samsuzzoha and elder brother Shamim Osman were former members of parliament from Bangladesh Awami League.
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Category:Politicians from Dhaka Division
Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:12th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
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