Moazzem Hossain Ratan (born 13 June 1972) is a

Bangladesh 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 ...

politician and the incumbent

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 ...

member representing the Sunamganj-1 constituency since 2009.

Early life

Moazzem Hossain Ratan was born on 13 June 1972 in the village of Nowdhar in Dharmapasha Thana, Sunamganj Mahakuma,

Sylhet District Sylhet District (), located in north-east Bangladesh, is one of the four districts in Sylhet Division, which contains Sylhet, the regional capital. History Sylhet District was established on 3 January 1782, and until 1878 it was part of Benga ...

, Bangladesh. His brother, Muzzammil Hossain Rukn, is the chairman of Dharmapasha Upazila. He completed his

undergraduate education Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education, usually in a college or university. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, ...

in engineering.

Career

Ratan was elected to parliament in 2008 and 2014 from Sunamganj-1 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. In 2008, while campaigning for the election, he was attacked and his car was vandalized by Bangladesh Awami League activists. He is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Posts and Telecommunications ministry. On 30 September 2019, ACC started an investigation against Moazzem Hossain Ratan for illegally acquiring assets in a casino scandal in Dhaka. As his name appeared in the media of Bangladesh, the ACC decided to search the assets of at least 100 people including Ratan. The five-member search team was led by director Syed Iqbal Hossain. Later, on the recommendation of the search team, Ratan was banned from going abroad. On 26 November 2023, Awami League announced the final list of its 298 candidates to contest the 2024 national election which did not include Ratan. He stood in the election as an independent candidate against the Awami League nominated Ranjit Chandra Sarkar and another independent candidate Salim Ahmad. The Election commission lodged a complaint against him over an attack on the Awami League office in Dharmapasha upazila. He lost the election to Ranjit Chandra Sarkar.

References

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