| Begum Monnuzan Sufian | |
| Native Name: | বেগম মন্নুজান সুফিয়ান |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | State Minister of Labour and Employment |
| Term Start: | 7 January 2019 |
| Term End: | 11 January 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Mujibul Haque |
| Term Start1: | 8 January 2009 |
| Term End1: | 24 January 2014 |
| Predecessor1: | Amanullah Aman |
| Office2: | Member of Parliament |
| Constituency2: | Women's Reserved Seat-11 |
| Parliament2: | Bangladesh |
| Term Start2: | 1 March 2024 |
| Constituency3: | Khulna-3 |
| Parliament3: | Bangladesh |
| Term Start3: | 25 January 2009 |
| Term End3: | 29 January 2024 |
| Predecessor3: | Ashraf Hossain |
| Successor3: | SM Kamal Hossain |
| Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1953 |
| Spouse: | Abu Sufian |
| Education: | B.A. |
| Occupation: | Businessperson, social worker, politician |
Monnujan Sufian (born 1 January 1953)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who is the current Jatiya Sangsad member from Women's Reserved Seat-11 and formerly from Khulna-3 constituency. She is the former State Minister of Labour and Employment.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Sufian completed her bachelor's from Khulna Girls' College in 1969. Her husband, Abu Sufyan Bir Protik, 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.[6]
Sufian served as the president of Khulna Girls' College unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League in 1968.[6]
Sufian was elected to parliament from Khulna-3 as an Awami League candidate in 2008.[7] She was appointed State Minister of Labour and Employment in the Second Sheikh Hasina Cabinet.[8]
Sufian was re-elected to parliament from Khulna-3 as an Awami League candidate in 2014.[9] 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.[10]
Sufian was re-elected to parliament from Khulna-3 as an Awami League candidate in 2018.[11] She received 134,806 votes while her nearest rival, Rokibul Islam Bokul of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 23,060 votes.
Munnujan didn't participate in 2024 general election but she was nominated from the Women's Reserved Seat by Awami League.