Abdul Moyeen Khan (born 1 January 1947)[1] is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician.[2][3] He is a member of the current standing committee of the party.[4] He served as the minister of state for planning, government of Bangladesh during 1993–1996, minister of information during 2001–2002 and the minister of science and information & communication technology (now renamed) during 2002–2006.[5][6] He served as a member of the Bangladesh Parliament from 1991 until 2006.[7][8][9][10][11]
Khan is the son of Abdul Momen Khan, formerly the top civil servant in Bangladesh (cabinet secretary) and a former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician, a founder member of BNP and the minister of food in the cabinet of President Ziaur Rahman.[12][13]
Khan was a professor of physics in the University of Dhaka until 1991 when he first successfully ran for the fifth parliament in 1991 and was elected the MP for Narsingdi-2 constituency.[15] He received 42,851 votes while his nearest rival, Delwar Hossain Khan of the Jatiya Party, received 23,896 votes.[15]
Khan was re-elected to parliament in June 1996 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party from Narsingdi-2.[15] He received 45,243 votes while his nearest rival, Azmal Kabir of the Jatiya Party, received 23,747 votes.[15] In 1998, Khan was included in the parliamentary standing committee on planning ministry.[16]
Khan was re-elected to parliament in 2001 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party from Narsingdi-2.[16] He received 67,379 votes while his nearest rival, Md. Nurul Islam of the Awami League, received 46,342 votes.[16] Khan was the minister of science, information and communications technology in the second Khaleda Zia cabinet.[17][18]
Khan contested the 2008 election from Narsingdi-2 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party but lost to Anwarul Ashraf Khan of the Awami League.[19] He had received 71,859 votes while the winner received 101,687 votes.[19] In December 2009, Khan became a member of BNP's standing committee, the highest policy planning body of the party.[20] Palash Upazila unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party organized a reception for him.[21] The Swechhasebak League declared a program at the same location for Victory Day.[21] The local administration declared Section 144 and attacked the Bangladesh Nationalist Party men at the venue to disperse them.[21]
Khan met with diplomats from 15 foreign countries in December 2015 at the political office of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in Gulshan.[22] He briefed the diplomats on the recent municipal elections in Bangladesh.[22] The Bangladesh Nationalist Party were participating in the municipal elections after boycotting the general election in 2014.[22]
Khan secured bail from Bangladesh High Court along with other Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders in October 2018 in a case filed for "provoking people against the state".[23] On 16 December 2018, Khan's motorcade was attacked in Palash Upazila, Narsingdi District injuring 50.[24] He was the candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party for Narsingdi-2.[24] He lost to Anwar Ul Ashraf Khan of the Awami League, who receive 175,711 votes, while Moyeen Khan received 7,180 votes.[25]
After the 2024 Bangladeshi general election, Khan predicted the Sheikh Hasina led government would be forced to resign.[26] The election was boycotted by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[27] He had described the Awami League government as more dangerous than a dictatorship due to its pretense of democracy.[28]
