Shamsul Huq Tuku takes oath as Deputy Speaker

Former State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Huq Tuku on Sunday (August 28) took oath as the deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad.

President M Abdul Hamid administered the oath at his chamber in the parliament. Family members of the new deputy speaker were present at the oath taking ceremony.

Earlier, Pabna-1 constituency lawmaker Shamsul Huq Tuku was unanimously elected as the deputy speaker in voice votes at the outset of the nineteenth session of the Jatiya Sangsad with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.

Chief Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Nur-E Alam Chowdhury proposed his name as the Deputy Speaker. Then the ruling party lawmaker Advocate Quamrul Islam of Dhaka-2 seconded it.

Shamsul Haque Tuku was elected MP from Pabna-1 constituency in 2009, 2014 and 2018 elections with the boat symbol. He served as State Minister of Home Affairs from 2009-2014. Currently, he is serving as the president of the parliamentary standing committee related to the same ministry.

The post of Deputy Speaker became vacant following the death of Fazle Rabbi Mia, MP, of Gaibandha-5 Constituency on July 22, 2022.