19 Facts About Dipu Moni

Dipu Moni was born on 8 December 1965 and is a Bangladeshi politician and former minister of social welfare.

Dipu Moni was a member of parliament for the Chandpur-3 constituency.

Dipu Moni was minister of education in the fourth Hasina ministry and minister of foreign affairs in the second Hasina ministry.

Dipu Moni was appointed as the first female foreign minister of Bangladesh on 6 January 2009, serving until 2013.

Dipu Moni was born on 8 December 1965 in the village of Kamranga in Chandpur, Comilla district, East Pakistan.

Dipu Moni's father, Mohammad Abdul Wadud, was a founding member of the Awami League and known especially for his role in the Language Movement and as the first Council-elected General Secretary of the East Pakistan Chhatra League.

Dipu Moni's brother, Jawadur Rahim Wadud Tipu, is a diabetic foot surgeon.

Dipu Moni later earned a Master's in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, and Master of Laws at the University of London as an external student.

Dipu Moni completed a course on negotiations and conflict resolutions from Harvard University.

Dipu Moni worked for women's rights and entitlements, health legislation, health policy and management, health financing, strategic planning, and health and human rights under the Constitution and law in Bangladesh's economic and social development programmes and foreign policy issues of the region and globally.

Dipu Moni tried to bring the absconding killers of president Sheikh Mujib.

Dipu Moni was elected chairman of Asian University for Women in 2016.

Dipu Moni was the chairperson of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs in the last parliament.

Dipu Moni responded that she went abroad every time with the approval of the prime minister.

Dipu Moni said that she made 114 foreign tours, including 36 with the president and the prime minister and claimed that the number of her bilateral visits was 62, not 17 as reported.

On 19 August 2024, the Daily Star reported that Dipu Moni was being investigated on alleged corruption allegations.

On 25 October 2023, The Daily Star reported an investigation into illegal sand mining in Chandpur, raising concerns over Dipu Moni's alleged involvement in supporting the operations of Selim Khan, a local Awami League leader.

Dipu Moni denies any wrongdoing, asserting that her letters were intended to promote legal sand extraction to prevent river erosion.

Dipu Moni is married to Tawfique Nawaz, a senior advocate of the Bangladesh Supreme court.