SM Rezaul Karim
Sheikh Mohammad Rezaul Karim is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Pirojpur-1 constituency during 2019–2024. He is a former minister of fisheries and livestock. Earlier he had served as the minister of housing and public works for 13 months. He has been in hiding ever since the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government on 5 August 2024.
Early life and background
Sheikh Mohammad Rezaul Karim was born on 18 February 1962 into one of the zamindar families of the Pirojpur region of Barisal, the Sheikh family of Nazirpur. His father was Abdul Khaleq Sheikh, a freedom fighter, his mother was Majeda Begum, he was the third born son in the family.Career
Rezaul Karim was a minister at the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock and he was a member of parliament for Pirojpur-1. He is also a member of the executive committee of the National Economic Council, senior advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, former minister of housing and public works, former secretary of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar. He was the founder and founding chief editor of Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Ajker Darpon. He is legal affairs secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League's Central Working Committee.Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Karim's home in Pirojpur was burned down in February 2025.