Abdul Awal Mintoo

Abdul Awal Mintoo (born 22 February 1949) is a Bangladeshi businessman and politician. He is the incumbent minister of environment, forest and climate change. He is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Feni-3 constituency since February 2026.

Background and education Mintoo was born in a village named Aleyarpur in Feni District. He passed SSC from Feni Government Pilot High School in 1964 and HSC from Comilla Victoria College in 1966. In 1968, he obtained a diploma in nautical science from Pakistan Marine Academy (now Mercantile Marine Academy). He then earned a bachelor's degree in marine transportation science from the State University of New York Maritime College, following it up with a master's degree in transportation management and advance chartering problems and arbitration.

Business career Mintoo has been a director of National Bank Limited and General Insurance, the largest private general insurance company in the Bangladesh. He is the chairman of the marketing and sole distribution of Johnson & Johnson products in Bangladesh.

Within the Bangladeshi manufacturing sector, Mintoo has been director of the Chittagong Cement Clinker Grinding Co. Ltd. (Heidelberg Cement) and an advisor to Dulamia Cotton Spinning Mills Ltd. He is also active in agricultural-based industries, having served as Chairman of OP and Hybrid Vegetable seeds production, processing and research and has also been active in the following organisations: Nasreen is the founding president of the Women Entrepreneurs Association of Bangladesh (WEAB) and has been serving as the honorary consul general of Mongolia to Bangladesh since November 2024. 2017 Paradise Papers named all the family members.