Yussuf Abdullah Harun Explained
Yussuf Abdullah Harun (Bengali: ইউসুফ আবদুল্লাহ হারুন) is an Awami League politician and former member of parliament for Comilla-3.
Early life
Harun was born on 15 November 1947 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Bhubanghar in Muradnagar, Tippera District. His father, Harun-or-Rashid, was also the MP of Comilla-3 from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and his mother's name is Noor Jahan Rashid.[1] Harun completed a bachelor in communication. He is an F.C.A. fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh.[2]
Career
Harun was a councilor of Dhaka Stock Exchange and president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry in 1998.[3]
Harun was the president of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry in 2003.[4] [5] He is the chairman of Asia Insurance Limited.[6]
On 20 April 2004, Harun received bail in a murder case.[7] He had been accused of shooting a Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist during a clash with Awami League on 5 May 2002.
Harun was re-elected chairman of Asia Insurance Limited in 2011.[8]
Harun was elected to parliament in 2014 as an independent candidate.[9] He received 78,647 votes while his nearest rival, independent candidate Ahsanul Alam Kishor, received 56,336 votes.[10] He is a member of the committee on estimates of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad.[11] He took the initiative to help design and open the Allah Chattar in Muradnagar.[12]
Harun was re-elected to parliament from Comilla-3 in 2018 as an Awami League candidate.[13] [14] He received 273,182 votes while his nearest rival, KM Mujibul Haque of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 12,358 votes.
Notes and References
- Book: http://www.ecs.gov.bd/QLExternalFilesEng/per2014.pdf. bn:বাংলাদেশ গেজেট : অতিরিক্ত সংখ্যা. bn. 8 January 2014. Bangladesh Election Commission. Dhaka. 227. https://web.archive.org/web/20140124051706/http://www.ecs.gov.bd/QLExternalFilesEng/per2014.pdf. 24 January 2014. 23 February 2018.
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- News: 2011-05-09 . Harun reelected as Asia Insurance chairman . 2022-11-13 . The Daily Star . en.
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