Gayeshwar Chandra Roy

Gayeshwar Chandra Roy is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party BNP politician and former State Minister of Bangladesh Government. He is currently serving as a Standing Committee (the highest policy-making forum) member of the party. He was also a member of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal during 1970's.

Early life
Roy was born on 1 November 1951 in a Bengali Hindu family of Dhaka district of the then East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to Gannandra Chandra Roy and Sumoti Roy.

Career
Roy was involved in progressive politics in his student life. In 1970's, he was a member of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal. He joined Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, a political wing of the BNP in 1978. After the 5th parliamentary election in 1991, the BNP formed the government and Roy was made State Minister for the Ministry of Environment and Forest (now Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) under the technocrat quota. Later, he was appointed as one of the Joint Secretary Generals of BNP and then member of the Standing Committee.