Tanvir Shakil Joy


Tanvir Shakil Joy is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sirajganj-1 constituency.

Career

In April 2007, illegal VoIP equipment allegedly owned by Joy was seized by the Rapid Action Battalion from a house in Bashabo, Dhaka.
Joy was elected to parliament in 2008 from Sirajganj-1 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate.
In 2016, he was one of the organisers of a rally of Bangladeshi students protesting Islamic extremism.
After the death of his father, Mohammed Nasim, on 13 June 2020, Joy was elected as a Jatiya Sangsad member of the vacant seat in the by-election held on 12 November 2020.

Personal life

Joy's father, Mohammed Nasim, was an Awami League politician and former government minister. His grandfather was Captain Muhammad Mansur Ali.