Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju | |
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রাজিউদ্দিন আহমেদ রাজু | |
Member of the
Bangladesh Parliament for Narsingdi-5 | |
Assumed office 14 July 1996 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Ali Mridha |
Minister of Labour and Employment | |
In office 16 September 2012 – 24 January 2014 | |
Preceded by | Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain |
Minister for Posts and Telecommunications | |
In office January 2009 – 16 September 2012 | |
Succeeded by | Sahara Khatun |
Personal details | |
Born | Narsingdi, Bengal Province, British India | 2 February 1944
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju (born 2 February 1944) [1] is a Awami League politician. He is a former Posts and Telecommunications Minister, and Labour and Employment Minister. [2] [3] [4] He is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Narsingdi-5 constituency. [5]
Raju was born on 2 February 1944. [1] He has a B.A. degree. [1]
Raju was elected to the parliament in 1996 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate. [6] He received 75,672 votes while his nearest rival, Abdul Ali Mridha of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 61,862 votes. [6]
Raju was elected to the parliament in 2001 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate. [6] He received 117,096 votes while his nearest rival, Abdul Ali Mridha of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 99,509 votes. [6]
Raju was elected to the parliament in 2008 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate. [7] He received 93,746 votes while his nearest rival, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 66,942 votes. [7]
In January 2009, Raju was appointed the Minister for Posts and Telecommunications. [8]
Raju's brother, Salauddin Ahmed Bachchu, was accused in the murder of a former mayor of Narsingdi, who was killed on 1 November 2011. [9] [10] Raju was in Geneva at the time of the murder. [11] After he returned to Bangladesh he held a 15 minute with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [11] The meeting was also attended by three other Awami League members of Parliament representing Narsingdi District, Anwarul Ashraf Khan, Muhammad Nazrul Islam, and Zahirul Haque Bhuiyan Mohan. [11] Prime Minister requested him to prove his brother's innocence after the meeting. [11]
On 16 September 2012, Raju was replaced by Sahara Khatun as the Minister for Posts and Telecommunications. [8] Raju was then appointed the Minister of Labour and Employment. [8]
On 3 January 2013, Raju was dropped from the Presidium Council of Awami League. [12] On 15 July 2013, Raju placed the Labour Law (amendment 2006)-2013 in parliament which was then passed by the treasury bench. [13] Raju was removed from the cabinet of Bangladesh on 21 November 2013. [14]
Raju was not included in the Third Sheikh Hasina cabinet formed after general elections on 12 January 2014. [15]
Raju was elected to the parliament in 2014 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate. [16] He was elected unopposed as the election was boycotted by all major political parties. [16]
Raju was elected to the parliament in 2018 from Narsingdi-5 as an Awami League candidate. [17] He had received 2,94,484 votes while his nearest rival, Md Ashraf Uddin of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 20,431 votes. [17]
Raju's wife, Umme Salema Begum, is the principal of Udayan Higher Secondary School. [18]
Raju was hospitalised at Samorita Hospital on 18 March 2013 after falling ill during a meeting of the Cabinet of Bangladesh. [19]