Mohammad_Yunus_(Bangladeshi_politician)

Mohammad Yunus (Bangladeshi politician)

Mohammad Yunus (Bangladeshi politician)

Bangladeshi politician (1944–2021)


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

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Comilla-14, Member of Parliament for Comilla-5 ...

Birth and early life

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

Career

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.

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

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.

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

Mohammad Yunus died on 27 March 2021.[4]


References

  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 2021-06-25.
  4. সাবেক এমপি অধ্যাপক ইউনুস আর নেই. Comillarkagoj (in Bengali). 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2021-06-25.

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