Mohammad Yunus (Bangladeshi politician)
Mohammad Yunus | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Comilla-14 | |
| 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 the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and then MP of Comilla-14 and Comilla-5 constituencies.[1]
Birth and early life
[edit]Yunus was born on 4 July 1944 in Gobinath village of Piryatrapur union in Burichang upazila of Comilla district.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]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.[citation needed]
In the first parliamentary elections of 1973, he won the then Comilla-14 seat as a candidate of the Bangladesh Awami League.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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
[edit]Mohammad Yunus died on 27 March 2021.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "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 25 June 2021.
- ^ সাবেক এমপি অধ্যাপক ইউনুস আর নেই. Comillarkagoj (in Bengali). 27 March 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- 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 Burichang Upazila
- Politicians from Chittagong Division
- Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician stubs