Swapan Bhattacharjee | |
Native Name: | স্বপন ভট্টাচার্য্য |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | Minister of State for Rural Development and Cooperatives Division |
Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
Term Start: | 20 May 2019[1] |
Term End: | 10 January 2024 |
Successor: | Vacant |
Predecessor: | Mashiur Rahaman Ranga |
Office1: | Member of Parliament |
Constituency1: | Jessore-5 |
Predecessor1: | Khan Tipu Sultan |
Term Start1: | 25 January 2014 |
Term End1: | 7 January 2024 |
Birth Date: | 2 February 1952 |
Birth Place: | Jessore, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Relatives: | Pijush Kanti Bhattacharjee (brother) |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Succeeded1: | Mohammad Yakub Ali |
Swapan Bhattacharjee (born 2 February 1952)[2] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Jatiya Sangsad member from Jessore-5 constituency. His brother Pijush Kanti Bhattacharjee is a former member of parliament.[3]
Bhattacharjee was elected to Jatiya Sangsad on 5 January 2014 from Jessore-5 as an independent candidate.[2] He defeated the incumbent Bangladesh Awami League candidate Khan Tipu Sultan by more than 20 thousand votes.[4]