Md Asaduzzaman
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Jhenaidah-1
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- SSC 1987 (Jessore Board); HSC 1989; LLB (Honours), LLM with distinction, University of Dhaka Department of Law
- Cabinet role
- Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Cabinet minister (Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs) in the Tarique Rahman-led BNP government; leading judiciary reform agenda including case backlog reduction, legal aid expansion, and colonial-era law modernization
Recent activity
- 2026-05-01 constituency_visit Chief guest at May Day discussion in Shailkupa; cited the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council (Amendment) Act 2026 which legally codifies that Jamaat-e-Islami and allied groups opposed the Liberation War ↗
- 2026-04-30 speech Informed parliament that government will review and amend British and Pakistan-era laws in phases following Law Commission consultations ↗
- 2026-04-30 speech Informed parliament of judiciary expansion: 871 courts and 232 judgeships created, 304 additional judge posts in progress, 4.04 million cases pending in subordinate courts ↗
- 2026-04-27 statement Announced government initiative to extend legal aid services to citizens' doorsteps, referencing hotline 16699 ↗
- 2026-04-24 statement Declared government commitment to remove all roots of corruption from the judiciary ↗
- 2026-04-16 speech Told parliament that the government has not interfered in the Bangladesh Bar Council election deferral ↗
- 2026-04-12 statement Briefed press on 133 ordinances issued during interim government; 110 converted to bills and passed, 16 requiring further scrutiny not yet presented ↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Took oath as Member of Parliament and assumed office as Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Winner vote count: Wikipedia final figure is 171,598 (majority 116,021 vs runner-up 55,577). BSS and UNB preliminary figures differ (173,381 vs 57,055); Wikipedia is used as the more authoritative final tally. Total valid votes not published by EC or major outlets; vote_share_percent and margin_percent left null rather than imputed. EC nomination affidavit not publicly accessible; wealth_disclosed_bdt and criminal_cases left null per EC-only sourcing rule. Age 55 calculated from DOB 31 January 1971 as of 2026-05-17. Asaduzzaman is the highest-profile MP from Jhenaidah district: the sole BNP win in a district where Jamaat took the other 3 seats. Runner-up full name confirmed as Abu Saleh Md Matiur Rahman (Jamaat) from Wikipedia and UNB.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhenaidah-1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md._Asaduzzaman_(lawyer)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_13th_Jatiya_Sangsad
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360769
- https://www.bssnews.net/others/381666
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/383227
- https://www.bssnews.net/js-session/382857
- https://www.bssnews.net/js-session/382861
- https://unb.com.bd/category/Politics/jamaat-wins-3-jhenaidah-seats-bnps-asaduzzaman-secures-lone-constituency/179488
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh-election-2026/mp-elect-asaduzzaman-pledges-work-defeated-candidate-1360666
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/403183/jhenaidah-1-bnp%E2%80%99s-asaduzzaman-wins-in-preliminary