Dipu Moni

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Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali
Personal details
Born (1965-12-08) 8 December 1965 (age 58)
Dhaka Medical College
  • National University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of London
    • ProfessionDoctor & Lawyer

    Dipu Moni (

    Bangladesh Awami League[3]

    Early life

    Dipu Moni was born on 8 December 1965 in the village of Kamranga in Chandpur, Comilla district, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).[4] Her father, Mohammad Abdul Wadud, was a founding member of the Awami League and known especially for his role in the Language Movement and as the first Council-elected General Secretary of the East Pakistan Chhatra League. Moni passed HSC from Holy Cross College, Dhaka. Her mother, Begum Rahima, was a teacher. Her brother, Jawadur Rahim Wadud Tipu, is a diabetic foot surgeon.[5]

    Dipu Moni studied

    Bangladesh Supreme Court
    .

    Political career

    Moni with Hillary Clinton
    John Kerry meets with Moni

    Moni was the Secretary for Women's Affairs and a Member of the Sub‐Committee on Foreign Affairs of the

    Bangladesh Awami League
    before her induction to the cabinet. She represented
    1971 Bangladesh Genocide from Pakistan.[8] She also tried to bring the absconding killers of president Sheikh Mujib.[9] She is the present Awami League Joint General Secretary.[10] She was elected chairman of Asian University for Women in 2016.[11] She is the chairperson of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs.[12]

    Criticisms

    As the minister of foreign affairs, Moni was widely criticized by different news media because of her frequent overseas visits. According to some news reports, she made 187 foreign trips and 600 days of overseas stay in four and a half years.[13][14][15] Moni responded that she went abroad every time with the consent of the prime minister, who gave her approval after studying the pros and cons of every visit. She made 114 foreign tours, including 36 with the president and the prime minister and claimed that the number of her bilateral visits was 62, not 17 as reported.[15]

    Personal life

    Moni is married to Tawfique Nawaz,[16] an Oxbridge educated senior advocate of the Bangladesh Supreme court.

    References

    1. ^ "Constituency 262_10th_Bn". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
    2. ^ "New faces crowd cabinet of 47 members". Retrieved 7 January 2019.
    3. ^ "Dipu Moni new chairperson of AUW". The Daily Star. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    4. ^ "সেই শিক্ষিকার মেয়েই আজ দেশের প্রথম নারী শিক্ষামন্ত্রী". Bangladesh Today (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
    5. ^ "চাঁদপুরে আনন্দের বন্যা 'দীপু আপা শিক্ষামন্ত্রী হয়েছেন' এ কথা সবার মুখে মুখে". Jugantor (in Bengali). 7 January 2019. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
    6. ^ Smith, Mike. "Public Health Travels in South Asia - Departments - Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine". magazine.jhsph.edu. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    7. ^ "Dipu Moni". The Opinion Pages. bdnews24.com. 25 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    8. ^ "Dipu Moni seeks Pak apology for 1971, Khar prefers moving on". Firstpost. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    9. ^ "One killer safe in US with political asylum". The Daily Star. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    10. ^ "Dipu Moni: BNP has restored to falsehood". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    11. ^ "Dipu Moni elected AUW chairman". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    12. ^ "Bangladesh crucial to India's Northeast: Dipu Moni". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
    13. ^ "Dipu Moni slammed over foreign trips". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
    14. ^ Dipu Moni's foreign trips galore
    15. ^ a b "Dipu Moni blasts media reports". The Daily Star. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
    16. ^ "HC summons Dipu Moni's husband". The Daily Star. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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