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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Soto Monir
| office = [[Member of Parliament#Bangladesh|Member of Parliament]]
| term_start = 30 January 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|05|27|df=y}} <ref>{{Cite web|script-title=bn:টাঙ্গাইল-২ (গোপালপুর এবং ভুয়াপুর )|url=https://mpnews.com.bd/?cat=454|access-date=9 October 2020|website=MP News|language=bn}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Tangail]], [[Bangladesh]]
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| bodyclass =
| mainwidth =
| image = Soto Monir (cropped).jpg
| caption = Soto Monir in 2022, at his Tangail residence
| spouse = Oaishe Khan
| native_name = ছোট মনির
| birth_name = Tanvir Hasan
| primeminister = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| president = [[Mohammad Abdul Hamid]]
| nationality = [[Bangladeshi]]
| leader = [[Sheikh Hasina]]
| constituency = [[Tangail-2]]
| native_name_lang = bn
| honorific_suffix = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|MP]]
| parliamentarygroup = [[Grand Alliance (Bangladesh)| Grand Alliance]]
| relations = [[Shajahan Khan]]<br />(father-in-law)
| occupation = [[Politician]]
}}
'''Soto Monir''' ({{lang-bn|ছোট মনির}}) is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and the incumbent [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] of [[Tangail-2]].<ref>{{cite web |title=62 new faces elected as lawmakers |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/360920/2019/01/01/62-new-faces-elected-as-lawmakers |website=Daily Sun |access-date=7 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He was the joint secretary of [[Awami League|Awami League's]] branch in [[Germany]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=তানভীর হাসান |url=https://election.prothomalo.com/candidates/3992 |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=প্রথম আলো |language=bn}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Soto Monir - ছোট মনির |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/17818 |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=Amarmp |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Monir, aka Tanvir Hasan, entered [[Student politics of Bangladesh|student politics]] as a member of [[Bangladesh Chhatra League|Chhatra League]] in the early [[1990s]]. However, he left [[Bangladesh]] at [[1996 in Bangladesh|1996]] for higher studies at [[Moscow State University|Moscow University]] in [[Russia]]. He then moved to [[Germany]], and served as the [[Secretary (title)|joint-secretary]] of [[Awami League|Awami League’s]] branch of the [[Central Europe|central European]] country. He came back to Bangladesh during [[2006–2008 Bangladeshi political crisis|2006-08 Bangladeshi political unrest]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

Monir was elected to [[Jatiya Sangsad|parliament]] from [[Tangail-2]] as a [[Awami League|Bangladesh Awami League]] candidate at [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|30 December 2018]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tangail-2: AL's Monir in field, BNP's Tuku in prison |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/news/tangail-2-als-monir-field-bnps-tuku-prison-1678393 |access-date=7 August 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=25 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref> He was alleged of [[Identity document|NID]] forgery, and [[Arms trafficking|arms smuggling]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bashar |first1=Reazul |last2=Dhruba |first2=Golam Mujtaba |title=NID forgery allegation hits Tangail-2 Awami League candidate Soto Monir |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/12/05/awami-leagues-tangail-nominee-accused-of-nid-forgery |access-date=7 August 2019 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref> however the [[Allegation|allegations]] were never proven and referred as "politically motivated [[conspiracy]]" by Monir's associates.<ref>{{Cite web |last=প্রতিবেদক |first=জ্যেষ্ঠ |last2=ডটকম |first2=বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর |title=ছোট মনিরের সংবাদের প্রতিবাদ করলেন বড় মনি |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article1564228.bdnews |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=bangla.bdnews24.com|language=bn}}</ref>

Monir serves as the [[Secretary of state|secretary]] on [[Ministry of Science and Technology (Bangladesh)|science and technology]] of [[Tangail District|Tangail district]] [[Awami League]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-24 |title=ছোট মনির কে শ্রমিক ফেডারেশনের সংবর্ধনা {{!}} টাঙ্গাইল প্রতিদিন |url=https://tangailpratidin.com/%e0%a6%9f%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%99%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%97%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%87%e0%a6%b2-%e0%a7%a8-%e0%a6%86%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%a8%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%82%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%a6%e0%a6%95%e0%a7%87-%e0%a6%b6/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |language=bn}}</ref> He is also the [[Chairperson|board chair]] of Tangail's branch of [[Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation|Bangladesh Worker's Federation]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 June 2021 |title=টাঙ্গাইলে শ্রমিকদের কর্মবিরতি ও সমাবেশ |url=https://www.amarsangbad.com/sara-bangla/news-183867 |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=amarsangbad.com |language=bn}}</ref>

Monir is an incumbent member of the [[Parliamentary committees of Bangladesh|Parliamentary Standing Committee]] on [[Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock]] at the [[List of members of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad|11th National Parliament]] of [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Standing Committee on Ministry of Fisheries & Livestock |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/parliamentary-business/committees/list-of-committees/name-of-committees-for-11th-parliament-english?id=4239 |access-date=2022-08-05 |website=www.parliament.gov.bd}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Monir is married to Oaishe Khan (Nishe),<ref name=":0" /> the only daughter of former [[Ministry of Shipping (Bangladesh)|Shipping Minister]], current [[Vice president|presidium member]] of [[Awami League|Bangladesh Awami League]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Star Online |date=2019-12-21 |title=Shahjahan, Nanak, Rahman now AL presidium members |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/awami-league-presidium-members-shahjahan-khan-nanak-abdur-rahman-1843270 |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> and the incumbent [[Madaripur-2]] [[Member of parliament|MP]] [[Shajahan Khan]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=শাজাহান খানের মেয়েকে বিয়ে করলেন এমপি ছোট মনির (ভিডিও)|url=https://www.jugantor.com/country-news/511175/শাজাহান-খানের-মেয়েকে-বিয়ে-করলেন-এমপি-ছোট-মনির-ভিডিও|access-date=2022-01-24|website=Jugantor|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.facebook.com/mpsoto.monir.3 Soto Monir] on [[Facebook]]
*[https://www.facebook.com/nishe.khan Oaishe Khan] on [[Facebook]]

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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Awami League politicians]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi emigrants to Germany]]
[[Category:People from Tangail District]]

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