Rafiqul Islam (Jessore politician)

Rafiqul Islam
রফিকুল ইসলাম
Minister of State for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources
In office 12 June 1996 – 1 October 2001
Member of Parliament for Jessore-2
In office 27 February 1991 – 15 February 1996
Preceded by	Mir Shahadatur Rahman
Succeeded by	Quazi Munirul Huda
In office 12 June 1996 – 1 October 2001
Preceded by	Quazi Munirul Huda
Succeeded by	Abu Syed Md. Shahadat Hussain
Personal details
Born	Jessore District
Political party	Bangladesh Awami League

Rafiqul Islam is a politician of Jessore District of Bangladesh who was elected member of parliament for the Jessore-2 constituency in 1991 and June 1996. He was Minister of State for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources.

Career

Rafiqul was involved in the politics of the Chhatra League in his student life. He fought in the war of liberation in 1971. Although he was nominated by the Awami League in the second parliamentary elections of 1979, he was defeated.^[1][2]

He was elected a member of parliament for the first time from Jessore-2 constituency on the nomination of Awami League in the 5th parliamentary election, in 1991.^[3] He was also elected a member of parliament from the same constituency on the nomination of Awami League in the 7th parliamentary election of June 1996.^[3] He served as the Minister of State for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources in the first Sheikh Hasina Cabinet.^{[citation needed]}

He was defeated by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate in the 8th national election, in 2001. In the 10th national parliamentary election, in 2014, he stood as an independent, but was defeated.^[4]

References

1. রফিকুল ইসলাম আওয়ামী লীগের মনোনয়নপ্রত্যাশী. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). 13 November 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
2. "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
3. "List of 6th Parliament Members" (PDF). Jatiya Sangsad. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
4. রফিকুল ইসলাম (যশোর). Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 July 2020.