Harun-ar-Rashid () is a

Bangladeshi Bangladeshis ( ) are the citizens and nationals of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centred on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the Bay of Bengal, eponymous bay. Bangladeshi nationality law, Bangladeshi citizenship was fo ...

politician and a former member of parliament for

Comilla-3 Comilla-3 is a constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 the constituency is vacant. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Muradnagar Upazila Muradnagar () is an upazila of Comilla Distri ...

Personal life and family

Rashid married Noor Jahan, and they had a son named

Yussuf Abdullah Harun Yussuf Abdullah Harun () is an Awami League politician and former member of parliament for Comilla-3. Early life Harun was born on 15 November 1947 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Bhubanghar in Muradnagar, Tippera District. His f ...

, who is also a politician.

Career

Rashid participated in the

1979 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 18 February 1979. The result was a victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the party of the incumbent military regime, which won 207 of the 300 directly elected seats, although it only won ...

as a

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (), popularly abbreviated as BNP (), is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. It was founded on 1 September 1978 by President of Bangladesh, President Ziaur Rahman, wit ...

candidate for the

constituency.

References

Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Living people 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Bengalis {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub