Md. Moniruzzaman Moni () is a Bangladeshi politician and

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

of the

Khulna City Corporation Khulna City Corporation ( - in short: KCC), is a local governing body that administers all civic services in Khulna, a area of Bangladesh. The KCC administration is elected by a popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides ...

Career

On 15 July 2008, Moni lost the Khulna mayoral election to

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. Moni was elected mayor of Khulna in June 2013 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He beat Awami League candidate and incumbent mayor Talukdar Abdul Khaleque. On 2 November 2015, Moni was suspended from the post of mayor of Khulna by the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives. This decision was taken after two criminal cases were filed against Moni. Around the same time the government also suspended

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, mayor of

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, Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul, mayor of

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, and M. A. Mannan, mayor of

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. The suspension was based on criminal cases from 2014. On 22 November 2015, Bangladesh High Court upheld his suspension order.

References

Living people Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians People from Khulna District Politicians from Khulna Division Year of birth missing (living people) Mayors of Khulna {{BangladeshNationalistParty-politician-stub