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	\| name = Zakaria Taher Sumon		\| name = Zakaria Taher Sumon
	\| office = Member of Bangladesh Parliament		\| native_name = {{nobold\|জাকারিয়া তাহের সুমন}}
	\| ~~term_start~~ =		\| native_name_lang = bn
	\| ~~term_end~~ =		\| image = Zakaria Taher Sumon (MP) in 2022.01.jpg
	\| ~~predecessor~~ =		\| caption = Sumon in 2022
	\| ~~successor~~ =		\| honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable#Bangladesh\|The Honourable]]
	\| birth_date =		\| office = [[Ministry of Housing and Public Works\|Minister for Housing and Public Works]]
	\| ~~birth_place~~ =		\| primeminister = [[Tarique Rahman]]
	\| ~~death_date~~ =		\| predecessor = [[Adilur Rahman Khan]]
	\| ~~death_place~~ =		\| term_start = 17 February 2026

			\| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)\|Member of Parliament]]
			\| constituency1 = [[Comilla-8]]
			\| term_start1 = 17 February 2026
			\| predecessor1 = [[A. Z. M. Shafiuddin Shamim]]

			\| constituency2 = [[Comilla-7]]
			\| term_start2 = 19 December 2004
			\| term_end2 = 27 October 2006
			\| predecessor2 = [[Abu Taher (banker)\|Abu Taher]]
			\| successor2 = [[Ali Ashraf (politician)\|Ali Ashraf]]

			\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1965\|12\|15\|df=y}}
			\| birth_place = [[Comilla District]], [[East Pakistan]] now [[Bangladesh]]
			\| father = Abu Taher
	\| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]		\| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
	~~\| bodyclass =~~
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	}}		}}
	'''Zakaria Taher Sumon''' is a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician and the ~~former Member of Parliament of~~ [[Comilla-7]].
			'''Zakaria Taher Sumon''' (born 15 December 1965)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.parliament.gov.bd/members/list-of-members?view=current&searchBy=constituency&page=1&search=Cumilla\|title=Member details\|publisher=Bangladesh Parliament\|accessdate=2026-03-01}}</ref> is a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician and the incumbent [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Comilla-8\|Cumilla-8]] constituency and the incumbent [[Ministry of Housing and Public Works\|minister of housing and public works]] since February 2026.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Gazette notification on allocation of portfolios to ministers, state ministers \|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/government/nlsgfo6hl9 \|access-date=19 February 2026 \|work=Prothom Alo\|date=18 February 2026 \|language=en}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	Sumon was elected to parliament from ~~Comilla~~-7 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2004 by election~~. The by-election~~ was called following the death of [[Abu Taher (banker)\|Abu Taher]], ~~sumon~~'s father ~~and incumbent Member of Parliament~~.<ref>{{cite news \|title=BNP lawmaker Taher passes away \|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/09/24/d40924012118.htm \|access-date=5 October 2019 \|work=archive.thedailystar.net \|~~agency~~=~~UNB \|publisher=The Daily Star~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Ruling coalition candidate wins Comilla by-poll \|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/12/19/d41219011515.htm \|access-date=5 October 2019 \|work=archive.thedailystar.net \|~~publisher~~=~~The Daily Star~~}}</ref><ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web \|url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=254 \|title=Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|website=Vote Monitor Networks \|access-date=11 February 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229001002/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=254 \|archive-date=29 December 2008 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> He provided an office to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to use as the ~~Office~~ of the ~~Chairperson~~ of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Gulshan in October 2008.<ref>{{cite news \|title=BNP chairperson gets new office \|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics~~/2008/10/06~~/bnp-chairperson-gets-new-office \|access-date=5 October 2019 \|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>		Sumon was elected to parliament from Cumilla-7 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2004 by election which was called following the death of the then incumbent [[Abu Taher (banker)\|Abu Taher]], and also Sumon's father.<ref>{{cite news \|title=BNP lawmaker Taher passes away \|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/09/24/d40924012118.htm \|access-date=5 October 2019 \|work=The Daily Star \|agency=UNB \|archive-date=2 July 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702233226/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/09/24/d40924012118.htm \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Ruling coalition candidate wins Comilla by-poll \|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/12/19/d41219011515.htm \|access-date=5 October 2019 \|work=The Daily Star \|archive-date=2 July 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702233215/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/12/19/d41219011515.htm \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web \|url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=254 \|title=Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics \|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> \|website=Vote Monitor Networks \|access-date=11 February 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229001002/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=254 \|archive-date=29 December 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			Sumon provided an office to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to use as the office of the chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Gulshan in October 2008.<ref>{{cite news \|title=BNP chairperson gets new office \|url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/bnp-chairperson-gets-new-office \|access-date=5 October 2019 \|work=bdnews24.com \|date=6 October 2008}}</ref>


	==References==		==References==
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'''Zakaria Taher Sumon''' is a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician and the former Member of Parliament of [[Comilla-7]].

==Career==
Sumon was elected to parliament from Comilla-7 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2004 by election. The by-election was called following the death of [[Abu Taher (banker)|Abu Taher]], sumon's father and incumbent Member of Parliament.<ref>{{cite news |title=BNP lawmaker Taher passes away |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/09/24/d40924012118.htm |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=archive.thedailystar.net |agency=UNB |publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ruling coalition candidate wins Comilla by-poll |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/12/19/d41219011515.htm |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=archive.thedailystar.net |publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref name="votemonitor">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=254 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229001002/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=254 |archive-date=29 December 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He provided an office to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to use as the Office of the Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Gulshan in October 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=BNP chairperson gets new office |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2008/10/06/bnp-chairperson-gets-new-office |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>

==References==
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