Zunaid Ahmed Palak
জুনাইদ আহমেদ পলক
Palak in 2015
Minister of State for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology
Assumed office
11 January 2024
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology
In office
19 May 2019 – 10 January 2024
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byHimself
In office
12 January 2014 – 7 January 2019
Preceded byYeafesh Osman
Succeeded byHimself
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting
In office
7 January 2019 – 19 May 2019
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byTarana Halim
Succeeded byMurad Hasan
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
Assumed office
7 January 2009
Preceded byKazi Golam Morshed
ConstituencyNatore-3 [1]
Personal details
Born (1980-05-17) 17 May 1980
Singra, Natore District
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
OccupationPolitician and Lawyer
Websitepalak.net.bd

Zunaid Ahmed Palak (born 17 May 1980)[2] is a Bangladesh Awami League Politician and Lawyer. He is the Minister of state for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and incumbent Member of Parliament for Natore-3.[3]

Early life and education

Palak was born on 17 May 1980, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Serkol-Teligram in Singra, Natore District, Bangladesh. Through his parents, Faiz Ahmad and Jamila Ahmad, he is linked with the Singranatore dynasty of Mughal descent.

He received his SSC from Singra Damdama Pilot High School in 1995, and his HSC from Rajshahi Old Degree College in 1997. He then studied political science at Dhaka College and gained an LLB from the National University, Bangladesh.

Career

Palak was appointed Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology Division, Bangladesh on 12 January 2014, at the age of 34 years, making him the youngest Minister of Bangladesh. He is also the first minister ever to be born in the independent Bangladesh.[4] He was nominaas a "ted Young Global Leader in 2016 by the World Economic Forum. At the age of 36, he got the nomination from the Bangladesh Awami League, in 2006 the National Elections of 2006. In 2008, he was nominated again, and was elected by a large margin, becoming the youngest member of the ninth National Assembly of Bangladesh.[5] In June 2017, he was nominated as chairman of the Advisory Committee of International Association of Students in Economic and Commercial Sciences (AIESEC), Bangladesh chapter.[6] In his early twenties, he followed his father's footsteps in politics and became a member of the Bangladesh Awami League party.[7]

Palak with Robot Sophia and its creator

Ahmed also was a committee member where he planned to incorporate "Green Technologies" into its office building principles, to reduce carbon emissions into the environment. He said that the building of offices and residences using green technology would not release any carbon in the environment, while the wastes would be recycled and produce energy. He also expressed that a delegation from India was on their way to discuss different technological issues including the building of zero carbon emitting buildings. He further added:[8]

We asked the ministry concerned to take a pilot project to build its office building using green technology as part of the initiative. Several other lawmakers and I shared our experience of recent visit to the southern state of Karnataka and West Bengal of India where we saw offices and houses were built using green technology.

Palak has been president of the Bangladesh Carrom Federation since 2009, and vice president of the International Carrom Federation since 2011.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Those who are new state ministers". The Daily Star. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Constituency 60_11th_En". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Foyez, Ahammad (7 January 2019). "Extraordinary polling by ministers". New Age. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "Zunaid-Ahmed-Palak-MP". lict.gov.bd.
  5. ↑ "Protect S Asian water resources". The Daily Star. 1 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Palak nominates as Chairman of AIESEC Advisory Committee". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Archived from the original on 11 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Early life of Zunaid Ahmed Palak".
  8. ↑ "'Green office' planned in ICT ministry". The Daily Star. 25 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "Leveraging ICT". Leveraging ICT.
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