Lutful Kabir Siddiqi (1939–2014), was a politician and philanthropist from Bangladesh and member of parliament.

Biography

Siddiqi was born on 15 April 1939 in South Rahmatnagar under Muradpur Union of

Sitakunda Sitakunda or Sitakunda Town () is an administrative centre and the sole municipality (''Paurashava'') of Sitakunda Upazila in Chattogram District, located in Chattogram Division, Bangladesh. Sitakunda is famous for the Chandranath Temple and Hin ...

Thana of

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. His father was Abul Monsur Lutf e Ahmed Siddiqui. He was elected member of parliament four times from his constituency Sitakundo,

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. He was the state minister for power in 1978–1981. From 2001 to 2003, he was the water resources minister. He served as the deputy speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament. He was involved with

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since inception and till his departure. Siddiqi died on 1 August 2014.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Siddiqi, L. K. 1939 births 2014 deaths 20th-century philanthropists 2nd Jatiya Sangsad members 5th Jatiya Sangsad members 6th Jatiya Sangsad members 8th Jatiya Sangsad members Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians Bangladeshi philanthropists Politicians from Chittagong People from Sitakunda Upazila State ministers of power, energy and mineral resources Ministers of water resources of Bangladesh