Azizur Rahman (Bangladeshi politician)

Azizur Rahman (26 September 1943 – 18 August 2020)[1] was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a 2-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Moulvibazar-3 constituency.[2] He received the 2020 Independence Day Award by the government of Bangladesh.[3]

For other people with the same name, see Azizur Rahman (disambiguation).
Azizur Rahman
আজিজুর রহমান
Member of Parliament
for Moulvibazar-3
In office
5 March 1991 – 24 November 1995
Preceded byGias Uddin Chowdhury
Succeeded bySaifur Rahman
In office
10 July 1986 – 6 December 1987
Preceded byConstituency created
Personal details
Born(1943-09-26)26 September 1943
Moulvibazar, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died18 August 2020(2020-08-18) (aged 76)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cause of deathCOVID-19
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Career

Rahman was elected to parliament from Moulvibazar-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1986.[4] He was elected from Moulvibazar-3 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1991.[5] He was a parliamentary whip and a joint general secretary of the Awami League central committee.[6]

Death

Rahman died on 18 August 2020 in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital, due to COVID-19 infection.[7]

References
  1. "স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কার পাচ্ছেন মৌলভীবাজারের আজিজুর রহমান". Kaler kantho (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  2. "List of 5th Parliament Members". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  3. "Govt. issues revised list of Independence Award 2020 recipients". 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  4. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  5. "Electoral Area Result Statistics". Amarmp. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. BBC Bangladesh Sanglap (2 May 2014). "BBC Bangladesh Sanglap Series III Episode 71 will be recorded in Moulvibazar tomorrow". Facebook.
  7. "Moulvibazar Zila Parishad chairman Azizur dies of COVID-19". New Age. Retrieved 2020-08-18.


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