A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan
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Biography
Abu Naser Muhammad Ehsanul Haque Milan (Bengali: আবু নসর মুহম্মদ এহসানুল হক মিলান) (born 26 March) is a Bangladeshi politician, a former Member of Parliament for constituency Chandpur-1.
Family background
Milan was born in Comilla, East Pakistan, Pakistan on 1 January 1957. His father late Mr. Obaidul Haque was a government officer and his mother Mahmuda Haque is a celestial housewife. His wife Nazmun Nahar Baby graduated from the zoology department of Dhaka University and is currently the vice-president of the central committee of Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Mohila Dal.
Education
Milan completed 'secondary' from Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Government Boys' High School and 'higher secondary' from Government Intermediate Technical College (at present Government Science College). After graduation from the department of chemistry, University of Dhaka, he moved to the United States of America for higher education in 1982. He achieved an MBA degree from the New York Institute of Technology. At the same time, he served as 'adjunct lecturer' in Brooklyn College and Borough of Manhattan Community College and worked as 'chemist' in Super Farm Pharmaceutical Industry.
Political life
Organizing BNP in USA
He was the founder convener of BNP-USA chapter and secretary of US-BNP until 1996. In the meantime, he was chosen as the International Affairs Secretary by Desh Netri Begum Khaleda Zia in 1993.
Member of Parliament and State Minister for Education (2001–2006)
He became a parliament member for the first time in the 7th national parliament election held in 1996 from the constituency 260, Chandpur-1, Kachua. In the election of 8th national parliament held in 2001, he defeated the heavyweight Awami league candidate former minister Dr. Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir with a huge margin. Honorable Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia appointed Milan as the state minister for education. Especially after being responsible for Chandpur, he started a movement called Jatka Nidhon Protirodh Andolon (Stop Killing Small Hilsa Fish) in his own initiative. Recently he has disclosed many memorable stories of his passes life and his memory of 5 years while he was State Minister of Bangladesh Government from 2001 to 2006 with eurobdnewsonline.