Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad is a

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

politician and a former

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

member representing the

Tangail-3 Tangail-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Ataur Rahman Khan (Tangail politician), Ataur Rahman Khan of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Ghatail Upazi ...

constituency. He served as the state minister of 5 different ministries during 2001–2006 in the

Second Khaleda Cabinet The second Khaleda cabinet was the Government of Bangladesh during the 8th legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad following the 2001 general election. The cabinet took office on 10 October 2001 and left office on 29 October 2006. The Prime M ...

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, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of Jute, Ministry of NGO Affairs, and

Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. It provided information, partnerships and facilitations for all matters related to overseas Bangladeshi The ...

Career

Azad was elected from

as a candidate of

(BNP) in 1991, 1996, and 2001. In the three elections he beat

Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan (died 2 January 2012) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Jatiya Sangsad member from Tangail-3 constituency. Career Shahjahan fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war in Tangail district as a me ...

, candidate of

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and his cousin. On 2 January 2010, Azad was appointed as one of the international affairs secretaries of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

References

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