Zahir Uddin Swapan
Zahir Uddin Swapon | |
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জহির উদ্দিন স্বপন | |
Swapan in 2026 | |
| Minister for Information and Broadcasting | |
| Assumed office 17 February 2026 | |
| President | Mohammed Shahabuddin |
| Prime Minister | Tarique Rahman |
| Preceded by | Rizwana Hasan |
| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Barisal-1 | |
| Assumed office 17 February 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Abul Hasanat Abdullah |
| In office 28 October 2001 – 27 October 2006 | |
| Succeeded by | Talukder Md. Younus |
| In office 19 March 1996 – 30 March 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Abul Hasnat Abdullah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 June 1960 Barishal, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) |
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Zahir Uddin Swapon (born 29 June 1960) is a Bangladeshi politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the nineteenth cabinet of Bangladesh. He is also serving as the member of parliament for Barishal‑1 (Gournadi–Agailjhara) in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad.
As a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he represented Barishal‑1 earlier in the 6th and 8th parliaments (1996 and 2001) and served as a senior media and research official in the party where he was the founding convenor of BNP Media Cell.