MP

Member of Parliament

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 Tofael Ahmed born in an eminent Muslim family of Bhola, a district of northern Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

. He served as Minister

Minister (government)

A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. Senior ministers are members of the cabinet....

 of Industries of Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina is a Bangladeshi politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Awami League, a major political party, since 1981. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh and widow of a reputed nuclear...

's cabinet

Cabinet (government)

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 during 1996-2001. Presently he is the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industries Ministry. Ahmed is also the member of the advisory committee of Awami League. Earlier he was one of the influential member of the presidium (highest body) of Awami League. He was elected several times as member of jatio sangsad

Parliament

A parliament is a legislature, especially in those countries whose system of government is based on the Westminster system modeled after that of the United Kingdom. The name is derived from the French , the action of parler : a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which...

 from Bhola=1 constituency.

In 1970 Tofael was a young man who became the political secretary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a Bengali nationalist politician and the founder of Bangladesh. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its Prime Minister. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its...

. He was a freedom fighter and one of the organizers of Mujib Bahini

Mujib Bahini

Mujib Bahini or the Bangladesh Liberation Force was part of the Bangladesh Mukti Bahini, a guerrilla force fighting against Pakistan in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971....

 or Bangladesh Liberation Force(BLF) (a guerrilla force fighting against Pakistan) in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

In 2007, while the country went under emergency rule Tofael was one of the leaders who proposed a reform proposal of Bangladesh Awami League

Bangladesh Awami League

The Bangladesh Awami League , commonly known as the Awami League, is the mainstream center-left, secular political party in Bangladesh...

 which was treated as a step against the party chief Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina is a Bangladeshi politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Awami League, a major political party, since 1981. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh and widow of a reputed nuclear...

. After the 2008 general election Awami League formed the government, but Tofael was dropped from the cabinet being the one of the influential member of Presidium.

Political Career

Tofael Ahmed is a one of the top political leader in Bangladesh. He started political career by joining in Awami League.He started politics since his student life by joining student politics.