Mohammad Yunus (Bangladeshi politician) explained

Mohammad Yunus
Birth Date:4 July 1944
Birth Place:Comilla District
Death Date:27 March 2021
Death Place:Dhaka
Party:Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Constituency Mp:Comilla-14
Constituency Mp1:Comilla-5
Termstart:7 March 1973
Termend:1976
Termstart1:7 May 1986
Termend1:6 December 1990
Termstart2:1 October 2001
Termend2:26 October 2006

Mohammad Yunus (4 July 1944 – 27 March 2021) was a politician of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and then MP of Comilla-14 and Comilla-5 constituencies.[1]

Birth and early life

Yunus was born on 4 July 1944 in Gobinath village of Piryatrapur union in Burichang upazila of Comilla district.

Career

Yunus was the organizer of the liberation war. He played an active role in all the political activities of the time including the 6-point movement, language movement and participation in the war of independence of Bangladesh.

In the first parliamentary elections of 1973, he won the then Comilla-14 seat as a candidate of the Bangladesh Awami League.

As a candidate of Jatiya Party, he won the third Jatiya Sangsad election of 1986 and the fourth Jatiya Sangsad of 1988 from Comilla-5 constituency.

He was elected a Member of Parliament from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the 8th Parliamentary Election of 2001.[2]

He was defeated in the fifth national election of 1991 by contesting on behalf of Jatiya Party and in the national election of 2018 by BNP.[3]

Death

Mohammad Yunus died on 27 March 2021.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: BNP gets back its candidates' in 4 out of 6 constituencies . 25 October 2019 . Dhaka Tribune . 6 December 2018.
  2. Web site: . Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081229001002/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=252. 29 December 2008. 25 October 2019. Vote Monitor Networks.
  3. Web site: bn:মো. ইউনুস. https://election.prothomalo.com/candidates/1961. 2021-06-25. Prothom Alo. bn.
  4. News: 2021-03-27 . bn:সাবেক এমপি অধ্যাপক ইউনুস আর নেই . http://www.comillarkagoj.com/2021/03/27/124638.php . 2021-06-25 . Comillarkagoj . bn.