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Mr.
Suranjit Sengupta, MP
Hon’ble
Member of the Parliament, our senior politician Mr.
Suranjit Sengupta hardly needs any introduction. He has
been a part and parcel Bangladesh’s politics since
independence. Presently Mr. Sengupta is the Hon’ble
Prime Minister’s Adviser on Parliamentary Affairs. He
is the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Ministry of
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and a member of
the Standing Committee on Ministry of Land.
A
distinguished parliamentarian Mr. Sengupta was born in
Sylhet in 1945. He is a senior Advocate of the Supreme
Court of Bangladesh. Mr. Sengupta was first elected in
the historic 1970 elections that gave the last push to
Bangladesh's independence struggle. He was one of the
Members who drafted the country’s Constitution in
1972. He was also a sub-sector commander in the War of
Liberation.
Mr.
Sengupta has the record of being elected to the
parliament for five consecutive terms. He is a member of
The Presidium of the Awami League. A widely traveled
person Mr. Sengupta has led parliamentary delegations to
Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Namibia, Nepal, Australia,
Canada, Sweden, Egypt, Belgium and Russia.
Mr. Magdy Martinez
Soliman
Mr.
Magdy Martinez Soliman is the United Nations Office for
Project Services (UNOPS) international parliamentary
expert working in the project named “Strengthening
Parliamentary Democracy” in Bangladesh, funded by the
UNDP. Born in 1961 Mr. Martinez Soliman is a Spanish
national with years of experience in Parliamentary and
Administrative Affairs having occupied important
positions both at home and abroad. He is also well
versed in criminal and humanitarian law, having been
legal Counselor of the International Red Cross. He has a
Master in Maritime and International Law by the London
Polytechnic University.
As
lawyer and barrister professionally, Mr. Martinez
Soliman teaches international law in his University in
Spain. He has held such distinguished positions as
Secretary of State for Youth in the Spanish Government.
He was also the spokesman of the government in
Parliament. He has lived in Spain, Egypt, Austria and
Belgium.
As a United Nations expert Mr. Martinez Soliman has
contributed to the Governance UNDP-UNESCO Project in
Togo (West Africa), assisted the UNDP Ombudsman Project
in Burkina Faso and also participated in the UNDP post
-war reconstruction programme of Burundi in the Great
Lakes Region.
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