Zunaid Ahmed Palak

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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Zunaid Ahmed Palak
| native_name = জুনাইদ আহ্‌মেদ পলক
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Zunaid Ahmed Palak - Dhaka 2015-05-30 1474.JPG
| caption = Zunaid Ahmed Palak
| office = [[Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology|State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Division]]
| term_start = 19 May 2019
| constituency_MP1 = [[Natore-3]]
| term_start1 = 25 January 2009
| term_start2 = 7 January 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/those-who-are-new-state-ministers-in-bangladesh-1683751|title=Those who are new state ministers|date=2019-01-06|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref>
| term_end2 = 19 May 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1980|05|17}}
| birth_place = [[Singra, Natore]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| occupation = Politician, Lawyer
| website = {{url|palak.net.bd}}
}}
'''Zunaid Ahmed Palak''' (born 17 May 1980)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3634|title=Constituency 60_11th_En|website=www.parliament.gov.bd|access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi politician, and the incumbent Member of Parliament from [[Natore-3]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Foyez |first=Ahammad |date=7 January 2019 |title=Extraordinary polling by ministers |url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/61156/extraordinary-polling-by-ministers |work=New Age |access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref>

==Career==
Palak was appointed as a [[Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology|Minister of State for Information and Communication Technology Division, Bangladesh]] on 12 January 2014 at the age of 34 years making him the youngest Minister of Bangladesh, he is also the first minister ever to be born in the independent Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lict.gov.bd/main/biography-details/103/Zunaid-Ahmed-Palak-MP|title=Zunaid-Ahmed-Palak-MP|website=lict.gov.bd}}</ref> He was nominated Young Global Leader in 2016 by the World Economic Forum. At the age of 26, he got the nomination from Bangladesh Awami League, in the National Elections of 2006. In 2008 he was nominated again, and was elected by a big margin, becoming the youngest member of the ninth [[Jatiyo Sangshad|National Assembly of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-104060|title=Protect S Asian water resources|date=1 September 2009|website=The Daily Star}}</ref> In June 2017 he was nominated as Chairman of the Advisory Committee of International Association of Students in Economic and Commercial Sciences (AIESEC), Bangladesh chapter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=669068&date=2017-06-11|title=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha}}</ref> In his early twenties, he followed his father's footsteps in politics and became a member of the [[Bangladesh Awami League]] party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bangladeshbd.org/people/zunaid-ahmed-palak/|title=Early life of Zunaid Ahmed Palak}}</ref>

[[File:Sophia with her creator David Hanson and state minister of ICT (Bangladesh) Zunaid Ahmed Palak at Digital World 2017 conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh in December 2017.jpg|right|thumb|Palak with [[Sophia (robot)|Robot Sophia]] and its creator]]
Ahmed also was a committee member where he planned to incorporate "[[Sustainability|Green Technologies]]" into its office building principles, to reduce carbon emissions into the environment. He said that the building of offices and residences using green technology would not release any carbon to the environment, while the wastes of houses and offices will be recycled and to produce energy. He also expressed that a delegation from [[India]] was on their way to discuss different technological issues including the building of [[Zero-energy building|zero carbon emitting buildings]]. He further added:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-123356|title='Green office' planned in ICT ministry|date=25 January 2010|website=The Daily Star}}</ref>

{{quote|We asked the ministry concerned to take a pilot project to build its office building using green technology as part of the initiative. Several other lawmakers and I shared our experience of recent visit to the southern state of Karnataka and West Bengal of India where we saw offices and houses were built using green technology.}}

Palak has been President of the [[Bangladesh Carrom Federation]] since 2009, and Vice President of the [[International Carrom Federation]] since 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lict.gov.bd/|title=Leveraging ICT|website=Leveraging ICT}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://palak.net.bd/about Official Website of Zunaid Ahmed Palak]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121227093348/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/mp_list_9th.htm List of Bangladesh Parliament Members]
* [http://www.parliament.gov.bd/9th_Parliament_MP%20List.pdf List of Bangladesh Parliament Members (Bengali)]
* [http://appgbd.org/download_Climate/Activity_report/Activity%20Report-APPG%20on%20CCE-2009.pdf Activity Report of All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Climate Change and Environment]

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[[Category:1980 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Natore District]]
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:Rajshahi College alumni]]
[[Category:Dhaka College alumni]]
[[Category:State Ministers of Information (Bangladesh)]]
[[Category:State Ministers of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology]]
[[Category:9th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Carrom people]]

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