Mohammad Yunus (Bangladeshi politician)
Mohammad Yunus | |
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Member of Parliament for | |
In office 7 March 1973 – 1976 | |
Member of Parliament for Comilla-5 | |
In office 7 May 1986 – 6 December 1990 | |
In office 1 October 2001 – 26 October 2006 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 July 1944 Comilla District |
Died | 27 March 2021 Dhaka |
Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Mohammad Yunus (4 July 1944 – 27 March 2021) was a politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and then MP of and Comilla-5 constituencies.[1]
Birth and early life[]
Yunus was born on 4 July 1944 in Gobinath village of Piryatrapur union in Burichang upazila of Comilla district.
Career[]
Yunus was the organizer of the liberation war. He played an active role in all the political activities of the time including the 6-point movement, language movement and participation in the war of independence of Bangladesh.
In the first parliamentary elections of 1973, he won the then Comilla-14 seat as a candidate of the Bangladesh Awami League.
As a candidate of Jatiya Party, he won the third Jatiya Sangsad election of 1986 and the fourth Jatiya Sangsad of 1988 from Comilla-5 constituency.
He was elected a Member of Parliament from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the 8th Parliamentary Election of 2001.[2]
He was defeated in the fifth national election of 1991 by contesting on behalf of Jatiya Party and in the national election of 2018 by BNP.[3]
Death[]
Mohammad Yunus died on 27 March 2021.[4]
References[]
- ^ "BNP gets back its candidates' in 4 out of 6 constituencies". Dhaka Tribune. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ মো. ইউনুস. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ সাবেক এমপি অধ্যাপক ইউনুস আর নেই. Comillarkagoj (in Bengali). 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- 1944 births
- 2021 deaths
- People of the Bangladesh Liberation War
- Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians
- 1st Jatiya Sangsad members
- 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members
- 4th Jatiya Sangsad members
- 8th Jatiya Sangsad members
- People from Comilla District
- Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician stubs