Soto Monir
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tanvir Hasan Choto Monir
| native_name = ছোট মনির
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Soto Monir (cropped).jpg
| caption = Monir at his Tangail residence (2022)
| constituency_MP = Tangail-2
| parliament = Bangladesh
| term_start = 30 December 2018
| term_end = 6 August 2024
| predecessor = Khandaker Asaduzzaman
| birth_name = Tanvir Hasan
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|05|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tangail, Bangladesh
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| spouse = Oaishe Khan
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| relations = Shajahan Khan (father-in-law)
| occupation = Politician
}}
Tanvir Hasan Choto Monir (born 27 May 1978){{Cite web |script-title=bn:টাঙ্গাইল-২ (গোপালপুর এবং ভুয়াপুর ) |url=https://mpnews.com.bd/?cat=454 |access-date=9 October 2020 |website=MP News |language=bn}} is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-2 constituency.{{cite news |title=62 new faces elected as lawmakers |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/360920/2019/01/01/62-new-faces-elected-as-lawmakers |work=Daily Sun |access-date=7 August 2019 |language=en}} He was the joint secretary of Awami League's branch in Germany.{{Cite web |title=তানভীর হাসান |url=https://election.prothomalo.com/candidates/3992 |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=প্রথম আলো |language=bn}}{{Cite web |title=Soto Monir - ছোট মনির |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/17818 |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=Amarmp |language=en}}
Career
Monir entered student politics as a member of the Chhatra League in the early 1990s. However, he left Bangladesh in 1996 for Moscow University in Russia. He then moved to Germany, and served as the joint-secretary of the Awami League's branch of the central European country. He came back to Bangladesh during 2006-08 Bangladeshi political unrest.
Monir was elected to Jatiya Sangsad from the Tangail-2 constituency as a Awami League candidate at the 2018 Bangladeshi general election.{{cite news |title=Tangail-2: AL's Monir in field, BNP's Tuku in prison |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/news/tangail-2-als-monir-field-bnps-tuku-prison-1678393 |access-date=7 August 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=25 December 2018 |language=en}} He was accused of NID forgery, and arms trafficking,{{cite news |last1=Bashar |first1=Reazul |last2=Dhruba |first2=Golam Mujtaba |title=NID forgery allegation hits Tangail-2 Awami League candidate Soto Monir |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/awami-leagues-tangail-nominee-accused-of-nid-forgery |access-date=7 August 2019 |work=bdnews24.com |date=5 December 2018}} however the allegations were never proven and referred as "politically motivated conspiracy" by Monir's associates.{{Cite news |script-title=bn:ছোট মনিরের সংবাদের প্রতিবাদ করলেন বড় মনি |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article1564228.bdnews |access-date=2022-07-09 |work=bdnews24.com |language=bn}}
Monir serves as the joint-general secretary of the Tangail District Awami League, he previously served as the secretary of science and technology of the Tangail district committee of the Bangladesh Awami League.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-24 |script-title=bn:ছোট মনির কে শ্রমিক ফেডারেশনের সংবর্ধনা |url=https://tangailpratidin.com/%e0%a6%9f%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%99%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%97%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%87%e0%a6%b2-%e0%a7%a8-%e0%a6%86%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%a8%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%82%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%a6%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%87-%e0%a6%b6/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |language=bn}} He is also the chairperson of Tangail's branch of the Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation.{{Cite web |date=14 June 2021 |script-title=bn:টাঙ্গাইলে শ্রমিকদের কর্মবিরতি ও সমাবেশ |url=https://www.amarsangbad.com/sara-bangla/news-183867 |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=amarsangbad.com |language=bn}}
Monir was a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock in the 11th National Parliament of Bangladesh.{{Cite web |title=Standing Committee on Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/parliamentary-business/committees/list-of-committees/name-of-committees-for-11th-parliament-english?id=4239 |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=Bangladesh Parliament |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414051444/http://parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/parliamentary-business/committees/list-of-committees/name-of-committees-for-11th-parliament-english?id=4239 |archive-date=2019-04-14}}
Personal life
Monir is married to Oaishe Khan (Nishe), the only daughter of Shajahan Khan, a former shipping minister, current presidium member of the Bangladesh Awami League{{Cite news |date=2019-12-21 |title=Shahjahan, Nanak, Rahman now AL presidium members |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/awami-league-presidium-members-shahjahan-khan-nanak-abdur-rahman-1843270 |access-date=2022-07-08 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}} and the incumbent Madaripur-2 MP.{{Cite news |script-title=bn:শাজাহান খানের মেয়েকে বিয়ে করলেন এমপি ছোট মনির (ভিডিও) |url=https://www.jugantor.com/country-news/511175/শাজাহান-খানের-মেয়েকে-বিয়ে-করলেন-এমপি-ছোট-মনির-ভিডিও |access-date=2022-01-24 |work=Jugantor |language=en}}
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Category:Awami League politicians
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