Ahammad Sohel Monzoor
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Pirojpur-2
- Terms
- 1
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 0
- Education
- —
- Cabinet role
- State Minister, Ministry of Housing and Public Works
Active as State Minister for Housing and Public Works; directing hospital operationalisation and RAJUK reform; maintaining regular constituency presence in Pirojpur.
Recent activity
- 2026-05-01 constituency_visit Spoke as chief guest at May Day discussion in Pirojpur, stating the government has taken steps to develop skilled workers through vocational institutes. ↗
- 2026-04-14 constituency_visit Farmer Card pre-pilot distribution launched in Nesarabad upazila (Pirojpur district) on Pahela Baishakh; Sohel Monzoor participated in the inauguration programme. ↗↗
- 2026-03-10 constituency_visit Chaired district-level meeting in Pirojpur attended by the Deputy Commissioner and Civil Surgeon; directed authorities to make four floors of the 250-bed Pirojpur District Hospital operational by April 30 to May 15. ↗
- 2026-03-04 statement Attended views-exchange meeting with RAJUK officials at the Housing and Public Works Ministry; said the government aims to transform RAJUK into a people-friendly institution free from corruption. ↗
- 2026-02-20 constituency_visit Arrived in Pirojpur for his first official visit after being sworn in as State Minister for Housing and Public Works. ↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Sworn in as State Minister for Housing and Public Works in the BNP cabinet under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. ↗↗
- 2026-02-13 other Declared winner in Pirojpur-2 with 105,185 votes, defeating Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Shameem Sayedee (son of the late Delawar Hossain Sayeedi) who received 96,897 votes. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
MP's name spelled variously across sources: Ahammad Sohel Monzoor (BSS), Ahmad Sohel Manzur, Sohel Manjur. BSS is state wire; name used here follows BSS byline convention. Son of former BNP lawmaker Nurul Islam Manjur; Bhandaria Upazila BNP president. Runner-up Shameem Sayedee is elder son of executed Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayeedi. Vote counts (105,185 / 96,897) from BSS official election wire; total valid votes and percentage shares not published at constituency level in available sources, left null. EC affidavit data (wealth, income, criminal cases) not found in available reporting; EC halonama portal not indexed. Upazilas (Bhandaria, Kawkhali, Zianagar) confirmed via Wikipedia and local district records. Constituency boundary not redrawn in 2024 delimitation (only 10 seats were redrawn; Pirojpur-2 not among them).
Sources
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360385
- https://en.bd-pratidin.com/national/2026/02/13/56900
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirojpur-2
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/403576/which-minister-holds-which-portfolio
- https://unb.com.bd/category/Politics/full-list-of-ministers-and-state-ministers-with-portfolios/179769
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/362548
- https://www.bssnews.net/others/362090
- https://www.bssnews.net/others/367615
- https://www.bssnews.net/others/377759
- https://www.bssnews.net/others/383273
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/395605/bnp-balances-experience-with-new-faces
- https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/2y2c3s2f52