{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | 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 | relations = [[Shajahan Khan]] (father-in-law) | occupation = [[Politician]] }} '''Soto Monir''' (born 27 May 1978)<ref>{{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}}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and a former 2-time [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Tangail-2]] constituency.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He was the joint secretary of Awami League's branch in [[Germany]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=তানভীর হাসান |url=https://election.prothomalo.com/candidates/3992 |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=প্রথম আলো |language=bn}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Soto Monir - ছোট মনির |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/17818 |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=Amarmp |language=en}}</ref>
==Career== Monir entered [[Student activism|student politics]] as a member of the [[Bangladesh Chhatra League|Chhatra League]] in the early 1990s. However, he left Bangladesh in 1996 for [[Moscow State University|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 [[2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis|2006-08 Bangladeshi political unrest]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
Monir was elected to [[Jatiya Sangsad]] from the [[Tangail-2]] constituency as a [[Awami League]] candidate at the [[2018 Bangladeshi general election]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> He was accused of [[Identity document|NID]] forgery, and [[arms trafficking]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> however the allegations were never proven and referred as "politically motivated conspiracy" by Monir's associates.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
Monir serves as the [[Secretary (title)|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 [[Awami League|Bangladesh Awami League]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> He is also the chairperson of Tangail's branch of the [[Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
Monir was a member of the [[Parliamentary committees of Bangladesh|Parliamentary Standing Committee]] on the [[Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock]] in the [[List of members of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad|11th National Parliament]] of [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== Personal life == Monir is married to Oaishe Khan (Nishe),<ref name=":0" /> the only daughter of [[Shajahan Khan]], a former [[Ministry of Shipping (Bangladesh)|shipping minister]], current presidium member of the [[Awami League|Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref>{{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}}</ref> and the eight-time [[Madaripur-2]] MP.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref>
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