Mahfuzur Rahaman Mita (; born 1 June 1970) is a businessman and a politician of

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and a former member of

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

representing the Chittagong-3 constituency.

Early life

Mahfuzur Rahaman was born on 1 June 1970 to a

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family in the village of Kuciyamora (Bauriya Union) in the island of

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, off the coast of

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. He is the eldest son of Dwipabandhu Alhajj Mustafizur Rahman and Mohsena Ara Begum. He has a master's degree in communication. He is the chairperson of Rupali Life Insurance and the director of Sonar Bangla.

Career

Mita is a former member of

elected from Chittagong-3 in the 2014, 2018 and 2024 national parliament elections and a member of the parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Shipping in the Eleventh National parliament.

References

Living people 1970 births People from Sandwip Upazila Politicians from Chittagong Division Notre Dame College, Dhaka alumni 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 12th Jatiya Sangsad members Awami League politicians {{Chittagong-AL-politician-stub