Mujibul Haque Mujib

{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mujibul Haque Mujib | native_name = মুজিবুল হক মুজিব | native_name_lang = bn | image = Mujibul Haque Mujib 2018.jpg | caption = Mujib in 2018 | office = [[Ministry of Railways (Bangladesh)|Minister of Railways]] | prime_minister = [[Sheikh Hasina]] | term_start = 16 September 2012 | term_end = 6 January 2019 | predecessor = [[Suranjit Sengupta]] | successor = [[Md. Nurul Islam Sujon|Nurul Islam Sujon]] | office1 = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | constituency1 = [[Comilla-11]] | term_start1 = 25 January 2009 | term_end1 = 6 August 2024 | predecessor1 = [[Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan]] | successor1 = [[Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher]] | constituency2 = [[Comilla-12]] | term_start2 = 12 June 1996 | term_end2 = 15 July 2001 | predecessor2 = [[Shams suddin Ahmed|Shamsuddin Ahmed]] | successor2 = [[Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1947|5|31}} | birth_place = Basuara, Tipperah district, [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], British India | party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]] | alma_mater = [[Comilla Victoria Government College]] }} '''Mujibul Haque Mujib''' (born 31 May 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician and a former [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing [[Comilla-11]] constituency during 2009–2024. He served as the [[Ministry of Railways (Bangladesh)|Minister of Railways]] during 2012–2018.<ref name=acteast>{{cite web|last1=Maini|first1=Tridivesh Singh|title=How State Governments Can Help India 'Act East'|url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/09/how-state-governments-can-help-india-act-east/|publisher=The Diplomat|accessdate=14 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2016/09/08/new-train-dhaka-netrakona/|title=New train for Dhaka-Netrakona|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune|date=8 September 2016|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>

==Early life== Mujib was born on 31 May 1947 in Basuara village in Tipperah district, British India (now in Sreepur Union under [[Chauddagram Upazila]] of Comilla District, Bangladesh). He completed his B.Com. degree from [[Comilla Victoria College]].<ref name="jjdin">{{Cite news|url=http://www.jjdin.com/?view=details&type=single&pub_no=241&cat_id=1&menu_id=14&news_type_id=1&index=19&archiev=yes&arch_date=15-09-2012l|title=New Railway Minister|newspaper=Jai Jai Din|date=15 September 2012|access-date=14 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221948/http://www.jjdin.com/?view=details&type=single&pub_no=241&cat_id=1&menu_id=14&news_type_id=1&index=19&archiev=yes&arch_date=15-09-2012l|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life== In October 2014, at the age of 67, Mujib married Honufa Akhter Rikta who was 38 years his junior.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-05-30|title=Rail minister distributes sweets at cabinet meeting|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/rial-minister-distributes-sweet-cabinet-1231663|access-date=2021-06-13|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> In May 2016, the couple had a daughter<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sexagenarian Railways Minister Mazibul Hoque becomes father of a baby girl|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/sexagenarian-railways-minister-mazibul-hoque-becomes-father-of-a-baby-girl|work=bdnews24.com|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-05-28|title=Rail minister blessed with a baby girl|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/rail-minister-blessed-baby-girl-1230769|access-date=2021-06-13|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-05-29|title=Rail minister blessed with baby girl|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/rail-minister-blessed-baby-girl-1230919|access-date=2021-06-13|work=The Daily Star|agency=UNB|language=en}}</ref> They had twin sons in May 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Kamal Zoha |script-title=bn:রেলমন্ত্রীর ঘরে দুই নতুন অতিথি, এবার যমজ ছেলে |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%98%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87 |work=Prothom Alo |date=15 May 2018 |language=bn}}</ref>

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