The Bangladesh Nationalist Party is a major political party in Bangladesh. Founded on 1 September 1978 by Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman with a view of uniting people with a nationalist ideology,BNP later became one of the two dominant parties in Bangladesh,along with its archrival Awami League. Initially a big tent centrist party,it later moved towards more right-wing politics.
Begum Khaleda Zia is a Bangladeshi politician,who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh and second female prime minister in the Muslim world,after Benazir Bhutto. She is the widow of one of the former President of Bangladesh,Ziaur Rahman. She is the chairperson and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since 1984,which was founded by her husband in 1978.
Mahi Badruddoza Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician and former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Munshiganj-1 constituency. He is currently the joint secretary general of the party Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB). He is the son of former President A. Q. M. Badruddoza Chowdhury.
M Ilias Ali was a Bangladeshi politician and member of the Jatiya Sangsad (2001–2006) representing the Sylhet-2 constituency. He served as the organising secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Lutfozzaman Babar is a Bangladeshi politician,who served as the State Minister of Home Affairs in the Khaleda Zia Cabinet from 2001 to 2006,as a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Mohammad Mosaddak Ali,also known as Phalu,is a Bangladeshi entrepreneur and a politician who was a former parliamentarian from Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He served as the political secretary to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia between 2001 and 2004. He was responsible for building special relations and partnership for development between the government and the private sector that is interested in investing in new and highly potential industrial sectors,and introducing new products and services to local industries,at a time when Bangladesh's economic growth accelerated. In 2003,Ali launched Bangladesh's first automation-based private satellite television station NTV. He also founded another satellite channel RTV and Bengali daily newspaper Amar Desh. He is the founding President of Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO).
Khondkar Delwar Hossain was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He served as the secretary general of the party. He was elected five times as a Member of Parliament from constituency Manikganj-1 (Ghior-Doulatpur).
Abdul Moyeen Khan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He is a member of the current standing committee of the party. He served as the minister of state for planning,government of Bangladesh during 1993–1996,minister of information during 2001–2002 and the minister of science and information &communication technology during 2002–2006. He served as a member of the Bangladesh Parliament from 1991 until 2006.
Nazmul Huda was a Bangladeshi barrister and politician. He served as the minister of information (1991–1996) and the minister of communications (2001–2006) of the government of Bangladesh. He was a four-term Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Dhaka-1 constituency. He was a member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party since its inception until 2012 when he left the party as its vice chairman.
Tariqul Islam was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician. He served as the cabinet minister of Ministry of Food,Ministry of Information and Ministry of Environment and Forest in the second Khaleda Zia cabinet. He represented the Jessore-3 constituency in the 6th and 8th Jatiya Sangsad.
Kazi Md. Ejarul Haque Akondo is a Bangladeshi justice of the High Court Division. He was appointed in 2012.
Ariful Haque Choudhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former mayor of Sylhet. Choudhury is also an executive member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. In 2003,he was elected as commissioner of Sylhet City Corporation. He become Mayor for consecutive 2 terms since 2013.
Khairul Kabir Khokon is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Narsingdi-1,who currently serves as the party's assistant secretary. He had served as the president of Narsingdi District unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
Rafiqul Islam Miah is a Bangladeshi barrister and politician. He served as the State Minister for Labour and Manpower and later as Minister of Housing and Public Works in the first Khaleda Zia cabinet during 1991–1996. He also served as Minister of Education in the government formed after the February 1996 Bangladeshi general election.
AKM Fazlul Haque Milon is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Gazipur-3.
Mohammad Nurul Huda was a Bangladeshi politician. He was elected as a member of parliament from the Chandpur-2 constituency in the 2nd,5th,6th,and 8th general elections. He was a former vice-chairman of the central executive committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and a member of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's advisory council. In 1991,he served as the minister of state for Information and Establishment in Khaleda Zia's first cabinet.
Muhammad Abdul Hafiz is a judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court.
Advocate Khandaker MahbubHossain was a Bangladeshi lawyer and politician. In 1973,he was the chief prosecutor of the court set up to try war criminals under 'Dalal' Act. Served as Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association President and Supreme Court Bar Council Vice Chairman. He was known as a criminal law expert in Bangladesh.
A. K. M. Zahirul Hoque is a justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He has been barred from his role following allegations of irregularities.
A S M Abdul Halim is a former Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh and published author. He is an advisory council member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.
