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 Bangladesh Nationalist Party and then MP of Comilla-14 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.