Zahir Uddin Swapan gets Information Ministry

Zahir Uddin Swapan, elected from Barishal-1, has been assigned the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Zahir Uddin is a former MP and previously served as convener of the BNP media cell. He was also a member of the advisory council of the late Begum Khaleda Zia.

Several senior BNP leaders were sworn in as members of the new cabinet today (17 February), with portfolios allocated in the key ministries.

Swapan was born in Sarikal village of Gournadi Upazila in Barisal.

Swapan was elected member of parliament from Barisal-1 on 15 February 1996 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the sixth National Parliament election.

He was also elected member of parliament from Barisal-1 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the 2001 eighth National Parliament election.He was the former central president of Bangladesh Chhatra Maitri.

He was the convener of the media cell of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the chief editor of BNP Communication Cell and director of Bangladesh Nationalist Research and Communication (BNRC).

He was defeated from Barisal-1 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the 2008 Ninth National Assembly Elections.