Mohammad Yunus (Bangladeshi politician)

Mohammad Yunus (4 July 1944 – 27 March 2021) was a politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and then MP of Comilla-14 and Comilla-5 constituencies.[1]

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
Born4 July 1944
Comilla District
Died27 March 2021
Dhaka
Political partyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Birth and early life

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Yunus was born on 4 July 1944 in Gobinath village of Piryatrapur union in Burichang upazila of Comilla district.[citation needed]

Career

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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.[citation needed]

In the first parliamentary elections of 1973, he won the then Comilla-14 seat as a candidate of the Bangladesh Awami League.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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

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Mohammad Yunus died on 27 March 2021.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "BNP gets back its candidates' in 4 out of 6 constituencies". Dhaka Tribune. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ মো. ইউনুস. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. ^ সাবেক এমপি অধ্যাপক ইউনুস আর নেই. Comillarkagoj (in Bengali). 27 March 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.