Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir

Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir
মহিউদ্দীন খান আলমগীর
Alamgir in May 2013
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 18 September 2012 – 21 November 2013
Preceded by	Sahara Khatun
Succeeded by	Asaduzzaman Khan
Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Tourism
In office 29 January 1997 – 30 December 1997
Preceded by	Sheikh Hasina
Succeeded by	Mosharraf Hossain
Minister of State for Planning
In office 29 January 1997 – 31 December 1997
Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 December 2008
Preceded by	A.N.M. Ehsanul Hoque Milan
Constituency	Chandpur-1
Advisory Council Member of Bangladesh Awami League
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 October 2016
Personal details
Born	(1942-03-01) 1 March 1942 (age 82) Kachua, Chandpur
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Bangladesh Awami League
Children	Jalal Alamgir
Education	Master of Arts & Doctor of Philosophy[1]
Alma mater	Dhaka College University of Dhaka Boston University
Occupation	Economist, Politician

Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir (born 1 March 1942) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chandpur-1 constituency since 2008,^[2] and was Minister of Home Affairs from 2011 to 2013.^[3][4] He is also an economist, civil servant, and writer in Bangladesh.

Alamgir taught at the university until 1965. Joining the civil service that year, he served in numerous positions, for a total of 32 years. He held several positions with the Finance Ministry, in addition to regional posts. Beginning in the late 1990s, he was appointed to political positions when the Awami League was in power. He was detained without charges and tortured during 2002. An international effort helped obtain his release. He was arrested, charged and convicted in 2007 under a military caretaker government, and imprisoned until October 2008. In addition to writing and publishing development economics textbooks and numerous articles on this topic, Alamgir published his memoir My Days in Jail (2003).