Yussuf Abdullah Harun
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Yussuf Abdullah Harun () is an Awami League politician and former member of parliament for Comilla-3.


Early life

Harun was born on 15 November 1947 to a
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family in the village of Bhubanghar in Muradnagar,
Tippera District Comilla District, officially known as Cumilla District, () is a district located in southeastern Bangladesh. It lies about southeast of Dhaka. Comilla is bordered by Brahmanbaria and Narayanganj districts to the north, Noakhali and Feni dist ...
. His father,
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, was also the MP of Comilla-3 from the
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, and his mother's name is Noor Jahan Rashid. Harun completed a bachelor in communication. He is an F.C.A. fellow of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) is the national professional accountancy body and research institute in Bangladesh. It is the sole organisation in Bangladesh with the right to award the Associate Chartered Accountant de ...
.


Career

Harun was a councilor of Dhaka Stock Exchange and president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry in 1998. Harun was the president of
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in 2003. He is the chairman of Asia Insurance Limited. On 20 April 2004, Harun received bail in a murder case. He had been accused of shooting a Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist during a clash with Awami League on 5 May 2002. Harun was re-elected chairman of Asia Insurance Limited in 2011. Harun was elected to parliament in 2014 as an independent candidate. He received 78,647 votes while his nearest rival, independent candidate Ahsanul Alam Kishor, received 56,336 votes. He is a member of the committee on estimates of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad. He took the initiative to help design and open the Allah Chattar in Muradnagar. Harun was re-elected to parliament from Comilla-3 in 2018 as an Awami League candidate. He received 273,182 votes while his nearest rival, KM Mujibul Haque of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 12,358 votes.


References

Living people 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 1947 births Independent politicians in Bangladesh 20th-century Bengalis 21st-century Bengalis 21st-century Muslims Comilla Victoria Government College alumni {{Chittagong-AL-politician-stub