Jewel Nongbak Arengh ( bn, জুয়েল আরেং) is a Bangladeshi Garo Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from

Mymensingh-1 Mymensingh-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2016 by Jewel Areng of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Dhobaura Upazila, Dhobaura and Haluaghat Upazila, Haluag ...

. He is the youngest member of parliament and the only Catholic. His father,

Promode Mankin Promode Mankin (18 July 1939 – 11 May 2016) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and State Ministry of Cultural Affairs (Bangladesh), Minister of Social Welfare Affairs. He was the first Catholic and first member of the country's Christian ...

, was the State Minister for Social Welfare in the Bangladesh Awami League government.

Career

On 18 July 2016 Arengh was elected to Parliament from

in a special election. The special election was held after the seat became vacant after the death of Promode Mankin, the Member of Parliament and father of Jewel Arengh. Areng beat his opponent, Selina Khatun, by 155,866 votes.

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Awami League politicians Living people 10th Jatiya Sangsad members Bangladeshi Roman Catholics 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 1983 births Garo people {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub