Harunur Rashid is a politician of

Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

and former Member of Parliament for Laxmipur-2 (Raipur-Lakshmipur Sadar) constituency.

Early life

Rashid was born in

Lakshmipur District Lakshmipur District (; ) is a district in Bangladesh with an area of 1,440 km2. It is bordered by Chandpur to the north, Bhola and Noakhali districts to the south, Noakhali to the east, and Barisal and Bhola districts to the west. Lakshmi ...

Career

Rashid is the Central Youth and Sports Secretary of Awami League. Rashid is a former VP of Dhaka College.

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 ...

chairperson

Khaleda Zia Begum Khaleda Zia (born August–September 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and the second fema ...

was elected Member of Parliament from Laxmipur-2 (Raipur-Lakshmipur Sadar) constituency in the 7th Parliamentary Election held on 12 June 1996. She later gave up the seat to represent another, Rashid was elected in the by-election by defeating

Moudud Ahmed Moudud Ahmed (; 24 May 1940 – 16 March 2021) was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. He was a standing committee member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Ahmed was elected as a Jatiya Sangsad member five times from the Noakhali-1 and Noak ...

, the candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He lost the eighth parliamentary elections in 2001 and the ninth parliamentary elections in 2008.

References

Dhaka College alumni 7th Jatiya Sangsad members Awami League politicians Living people People from Lakshmipur District Politicians from Chittagong Division Year of birth missing (living people) {{Chittagong-AL-politician-stub