Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad

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Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad
লুৎফর রহমান খান আজাদ
State Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment
In office
9 July 2006 – 29 October 2006
Preceded byMohammad Quamrul Islam
State Minister of NGO Affairs
In office
6 May 2004 – 9 July 2006
State Minister of Jute
In office
22 May 2003 – 6 May 2004
Succeeded byPosition abolished
State Minister of Labour and Employment
In office
11 March 2002 – 22 May 2003
Succeeded byAmanullah Aman
State Minister of Science and Technology
In office
10 October 2001 – 11 March 2002
Member of Parliament
for Tangail-3
In office
5 March 1991 – 27 October 2006
Preceded bySaidur Rahman Khan
Succeeded byMohammad Matiur Rahman
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-3 constituency.[1] He served as the state minister of 5 different ministries during 2001–2006 in the Second Khaleda Cabinet - Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of Jute, Ministry of NGO Affairs, and Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Career[edit]

Azad was elected from Tangail-3 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in 1991, 1996, and 2001. In the three elections he beat Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan, candidate of Bangladesh Awami League and his cousin.[9]

On 2 January 2010, Azad was appointed as one of the international affairs secretaries of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "86 ex-BNP MPs back Delwar". The Daily Star. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Khaleda reshuffles cabinet". gulfnews.com. 2002-03-13. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. ^ "Representation of women reduced to half". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. ^ "Portfolios of eight ministers changed". The Daily Star. 2004-05-07. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  5. ^ "Portfolios of 2 state ministers changed". The Daily Star. 2006-07-10. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  6. ^ "HR workers against indemnity to law enforcers". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Govt sets 10pc industrial growth target by 2006". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Explore job market for migrant workers". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Prospective candidates busy wooing voters for next JS polls". The Independent. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Delwar stays secy general". The Daily Star. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2018.