Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad | |
Native Name: | লুৎফর রহমান খান আজাদ |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | State Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment |
Term Start: | 9 July 2006 |
Term End: | 29 October 2006 |
Predecessor: | Mohammad Quamrul Islam |
Office1: | State Minister of NGO Affairs |
Term Start1: | 6 May 2004 |
Term End1: | 9 July 2006 |
Office2: | State Minister of Jute |
Term Start2: | 22 May 2003 |
Term End2: | 6 May 2004 |
Successor2: | Position abolished |
Office3: | State Minister of Labour and Employment |
Term Start3: | 11 March 2002 |
Term End3: | 22 May 2003 |
Successor3: | Amanullah Aman |
Office4: | State Minister of Science and Technology |
Term Start4: | 10 October 2001 |
Term End4: | 11 March 2002 |
Constituency Mp5: | Tangail-3 |
Term Start5: | 5 March 1991 |
Term End5: | 27 October 2006 |
Predecessor5: | Saidur Rahman Khan |
Successor5: | Mohammad Matiur Rahman |
Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-3 constituency.[1] He served as the state minister of 5 different ministries during 2001–2006 in the Second Khaleda Cabinet - Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of Jute, Ministry of NGO Affairs, and Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Azad was elected from Tangail-3 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in 1991, 1996, and 2001. In the three elections he beat Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan, candidate of Bangladesh Awami League and his cousin.[9]
On 2 January 2010, Azad was appointed as one of the international affairs secretaries of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.[10]