Md Tazul Islam, Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives was born in 1955 at Pomgaon village of Monohorgonj upazila of Cumilla district to an aristocratic Muslim family. He is the son of Alhaj Zulfiqar Ali and Mrs Anwara Begum.

He studied at Pomgaon Primary and High School, HSC from Nawab Faizunnesa Government College and postgraduate from Chittagong University. He obtains an MBA in Marketing, Finance from Southern University and the International Business School of Scandinavia respectively.

He was elected from the Laksam-Monohorgonj constituency as a member of parliament in 1996, 2008, 2014 and 2018.  After the last general election, the Hon'ble Prime Minister appointed him as the Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives in existing Cabinet.

As a parliamentarian, he has worked with the standing committee of Home, Planning, and Finance Ministry as a member and worked as Chairman of standing committee of Power and Energy from 2014 to 2018.

Because of Government and Non-Government issues he travelled many countries in Asia, Europe, USA, Africa and Australia.