Rafiqul Islam is a politician of

Jessore District Jessore District (Bengali: যশোর, pronounced Jaw-shore, Anglicised: Jessore), officially spelled Jashore District from April 2018, is a district in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. It is bordered by India to the west, Khulna Distr ...

of Bangladesh who was elected member of parliament for the

Jessore-2 Jessore-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Nasir Uddin of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Chaugachha and Jhikargachha Jhikargachha ( bn, ঝি� ...

constituency in

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and June 1996. He was Minister of State for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources.

Career

Rafiqul was involved in the politics of the Chhatra League in his student life. He fought in the war of liberation in 1971. Although he was nominated by the Awami League in the second parliamentary elections of 1979, he was defeated. He was elected a member of parliament for the first time from Jessore-2 constituency on the nomination of Awami League in the 5th parliamentary election, in 1991. He was also elected a member of parliament from the same constituency on the nomination of Awami League in the 7th parliamentary election of June 1996. He served as the Minister of State for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources in the

first Sheikh Hasina Cabinet The first Hasina cabinet was the Government of Bangladesh during the 7th legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad following the 1996 general election, and left office on 15 July 2001. Cabinet The cabinet was composed of the following minis ...

. He was defeated by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate in the 8th national election, in 2001. In the 10th national parliamentary election, in 2014, he stood as an independent, but was defeated.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Jessore District Politicians from Khulna Division Awami League politicians 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 7th Jatiya Sangsad members {{Khulna-politician-stub