A. N. M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan
Profile
- Party
- BNP
- Constituency
- Chandpur-1
- Terms
- 3
- Disclosed wealth
- —
- Criminal cases
- 1
- Education
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry, University of Dhaka (1981); MBA Marketing, New York Institute of Technology (1990); PhD Political Science, International Islamic University Malaysia (2018); Secondary: Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Government Boys' High School
- Cabinet role
- Minister of Education and Minister of Primary and Mass Education (from 17 February 2026)
Serving as Minister of Education and Minister of Primary and Mass Education; pushing higher-education reform, new curriculum, teacher-training overhaul, and a target of raising education spending to 5% of GDP
Recent activity
- 2026-05-11 statement Delivered keynote at launch of Pakistan-Bangladesh Knowledge Corridor Phase 2 and Education Expo-2026, calling it a new horizon for bilateral education and research cooperation ↗
- 2026-05-09 statement Addressed IIUM Alumni Bangladesh Chapter AGM; pledged to raise education budget allocation to 5% of GDP and announced plans for new curriculum and comprehensive teacher-training reform ↗
- 2026-05-05 statement Declared Bangladesh will become a 'top global education hub' at a private-university workshop on higher education guidelines ↗
- 2026-04-30 other At HEAT (Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation) project mid-term review, directed revision of DPP to incorporate current government priorities; noted project progress at only 5% with two years remaining; cited PM Tarique Rahman's directive on cost rationality ↗
- 2026-02-17 appointment Sworn in as MP and immediately appointed Minister of Education and Minister of Primary and Mass Education in PM Tarique Rahman's cabinet ↗↗
- 2026-02-12 vote Won Chandpur-1 in 13th Parliament election with 133,032 votes; runner-up Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Abu Nohar Muhammad Makbul Ahmad received 70,368 votes ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Winner vote count (133,032) and runner-up count (70,368) confirmed independently by BSS (bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360563) and Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandpur-1). A Bangla-language source (somoyerkonthosor.com) reported slightly different figures (133,162 and 67,077 respectively); BSS and Wikipedia figures are used as they are the two-source primary cross-check. vote_share_percent, total_valid_votes, and margin_percent are null: complete multi-candidate vote totals are not available from primary sources and cannot be computed without all candidate counts. Runner-up name 'Abu Nohar Muhammad Makbul Ahmad' used per BSS and Wikipedia; transliteration variants appear in Bangla press. Criminal cases (approx. 25, including murder/smuggling/vandalism charges filed post-2006) are historical; bail was secured by June 2012 and current legal status as of 2026 is unconfirmed from EC affidavit -- included as a factual note, not a confirmed active case list. boundary_redrawn_2024: Wikipedia states boundaries last changed ahead of the 2014 election; no EC 2024 gazette change found for this constituency. Term count = 3: 7th Parliament (1996-2001) + 8th Parliament (2001-2006) + 13th Parliament (2026-present), all from Chandpur-1. party_role reflects 1993 appointment as BNP International Affairs Secretary; current BNP standing-committee position not confirmed from a primary source.
Sources
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360563
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandpur-1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._N._M._Ehsanul_Hoque_Milan
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/385642
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/384519
- https://www.bssnews.net/news/382982
- https://www.jugantor.com/national/1067057
- https://chandpurtimes.com/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A3-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80/
- https://www.bssnews.net/interview/358809
- https://viewsbangladesh.com/13th-national-parliamentary-election-chandpur-district/