Tanzil Rahman () is an Australian politician who since the

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has been the MLA for Fong Lim in Darwin's east. He succeeded former education minister Mark Monaghan, winning around 57.8% of the

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. Before entering the

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, Rahman worked for the Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet. Rahman's election has contributed to what has been referred as a Country Liberal landslide in the 2024 election.

Early life and career

Rahman was born in

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, Australia and was raised, from the age of two-years-old, in Karama, in the northeast of Darwin,

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. Rahman's grandparents

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from

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

(now known as

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) as a result of the

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. He attended Sanderson Primary and High School. Rahman graduated from the

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with a

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and

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before gaining a

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(PhD) from

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, having studied in the School of Geography.

Politics

From August 2023 to January 2024, Rahman was a member of the Northern Territory Labor Party and had sought pre-selection as the party's candidate for the seat of Wanguri, which was held by the party's former

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Nicole Manison Nicole Susan Manison (born 1979) is an Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2013 to 2024, representing the electorate of Wanguri. She previously served as Deputy Chief Ministe ...

, whom did not contest her seat. Having not received a response regarding his candidacy inquiry, Rahman resigned his membership from the party. In March 2024, just months after his resignation from Labor, Rahman was announced as the

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's candidate for Fong Lim ( before the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Tanzil Living people Country Liberal Party members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Alumni of the University of Oxford Australian people of Bangladeshi descent Year of birth missing (living people)