Monnujan Sufian (born 1 January 1953) is a

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politician and a former

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member from Women's Reserved Seat-41 and from

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constituencies. She is a former State Minister of Labour and Employment.

Background

Sufian completed her bachelor's from Khulna Girls' College in 1969. Her husband,

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, was a freedom fighter, politician and labor leader. She is the daughter of Late Alhaj Moslem Bawali and Late Johra Begum and the eldest among her siblings.

Career

Sufian served as the president of Khulna Girls' College unit of

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in 1968. Sufian was elected to parliament from Khulna-3 as an Awami League candidate in 2008. She was appointed State Minister of Labour and Employment in the Second Sheikh Hasina Cabinet. Sufian was re-elected to parliament from Khulna-3 as an Awami League candidate in 2014. She received 45,950 votes while her nearest rival, Independent Md. Moniruzzaman Khokon, received 6,424. Sufian was sued by three faculty members of Daulatpur Day-Night College, of which she is the President of the managing committee, on 15 October 2015 alleging that they were unfairly dismissed from their workplace. Sufian was re-elected to parliament from Khulna-3 as an Awami League candidate in 2018. She received 134,806 votes while her nearest rival, Rokibul Islam Bokul of

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, received 23,060 votes. Munnujan didn't participate in the

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but she was nominated from the Women's Reserved Seat by

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References

Living people 1953 births Awami League politicians 9th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad Women government ministers of Bangladesh State ministers of labour and employment of Bangladesh Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians 12th Jatiya Sangsad members Politicians from Khulna {{Khulna-AL-politician-stub