Mujibul Haque Explained

Mujibul Haque
Native Name:মুজিবুল হক
Native Name Lang:bn
Office:General Secretary of Jatiya Party
Term Start:9 October 2021
Predecessor:Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu
Constituency Mp1:Kishoreganj-3
Term Start1:25 January 2009
Term End1:6 August 2024
Predecessor1:Sayed Ashraful Islam
Constituency Mp2:Kishoreganj-4
Term Start2:10 July 1986
Term End2:6 December 1990
Predecessor2:Position created
Successor2:Mizanul Haque
Office3:State Minister of Labour and Employment
Term Start3:14 January 2014
Term End3:7 January 2019
Predecessor3:Monnujan Sufian
Successor3:Monnujan Sufian
Office4:State Minister of Youth and Sports
Term Start4:21 November 2013
Term End4:12 January 2014
Predecessor4:Ahad Ali Sarker
Successor4:Biren Sikder
Office5:Deputy Minister of Land
Term Start5:1987
Term End5:August 1988
Party:Jatiya Party
Birth Date:1 September 1953
Birth Place:Kishoreganj District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Alma Mater:University of Dhaka

Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu (born 1 September 1953)[1] is a Jatiya Party politician and the current secretary general of the party.[2] He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Kishoreganj-3 constituency during 2009–2024.[1] He served as the state minister of labour and employment during 2014–2019.[3] [4]

Early life

Mujibul Haque was born on 1 September 1953 to Abdul Malek and Harunnessa in Kajala Madhyapara, Tarail Upazila, Kishoreganj District, East Bengal, Pakistan. He completed his SSC in 1970 and HSC in 1972. He was a member of the Mukti Bahini and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war in Sector-11. In 1980, he graduated from the University of Dhaka with a law degree and a master's degree in 1981.[5]

Career

Mujibul Haque was elected president of the Kishoreganj District unit of the Jatiya Party. He was elected to parliament as a candidate of the Jatiya Party from Kishoreganj-4 in 1986. He was re-elected in 1988. From August 1987 to 1988, he served as the deputy minister of land. He was elected to parliament again in 2008, 2014 and 2018. From 21 November 2013 to 12 January 2014, he was the state minister of youth and sports.[6] Then he served as the state minister of labor and employment from 2014 to 2019.

Upon the death of Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu, Mujibul Haque was appointed as the secretary general of the Jatiya Party in October 2021.[7]

Personal life

Mujibul Haque is married to Rokhsana Kader.[5] Together they have two sons, Ziaul Haque and Israrul Haque.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituency 164_11th_En . 2021-10-12 . Bangladesh Parliament.
  2. News: bn:জাপার নতুন মহাসচিব মুজিবুল হক চুন্নু . https://www.jagonews24.com/politics/news/705798 . 2021-10-09 . . bn.
  3. News: Mujibul Haque (Chunnu), State Minister . Daily Sun . 15 September 2016.
  4. News: State minister for Labour Md Mujibul Haque Chunnu, handing over the Sheer-E- Bangla Council medal-2015 to Mohammad Shahadat Hossain, Managing Director of JAMFS Group for outstanding contribution in business at Bisha Shahittay Kendra in the city on Tuesday. . The New Nation . 15 September 2016.
  5. Web site: Honorable State Minister . mole.gov.bd . 2021-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180714152730/http://www.mole.gov.bd/site/biography/47661ca9-170c-4213-9dc6-61ec9658a7cc/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF . 2018-07-14.
  6. News: 2013-11-19 . Target Free Polls . 2021-10-12 . The Daily Star . en.
  7. News: Jatiya Party appoints Mujibul Haque Chunnu as new secretary general . 2021-10-12 . bdnews24.com . 9 October 2021.