The Jatiya Sangsad,often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as the House of the Nation,is the supreme legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats,including 50 seats reserved exclusively for women. Elected occupants are called members of Parliament,or MPs. The 12th national parliamentary election was held on 7 January 2024. Elections to the body are held every five years,unless a parliament is dissolved earlier by the President of Bangladesh. On 6 August 2024,President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved parliament after the resignation of Sheikh Hasina and ordered to form a interim government.
Muhammad Mansur Ali was a Bangladeshi politician who was a close confidant of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,the founding leader of Bangladesh. A senior leader of the Awami League,Mansur also served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 1975.
Suranjit Sengupta was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He resigned in 2012 as the first Railway Minister of Bangladesh. He was the member of parliament from Sunamganj-2 constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad and a member of the party's advisory council. He was the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on the Law,Justice,and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry.
Abdul Malek Ukil was the president of Bangladesh Awami League,speaker of parliament,home minister,health minister,a member of parliament for many years and a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He was one of the drafters of the Constitution of Bangladesh and also one of the founding members of East Bengal Muslim Students League.
Sayed Ashraful Islam was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was the General Secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League party. He served as a Member of Parliament and Minister of Public Administration of the Government of Bangladesh. Ashraful Islam also served for a time as Minister of Local Government and Rural Development and Co-operative.
Dipu Moni is a Bangladeshi politician and former minister of social welfare. She was a member of parliament for the Chandpur-3 constituency. She was minister of education in the fourth Hasina ministry and minister of foreign affairs in the second Hasina ministry. She was appointed as the first female foreign minister of Bangladesh on 6 January 2009,serving until 2013. Currently she is Joint secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League.
Mostafizur Rahman Fizar was a Bangladeshi politician who was the minister for Primary and Mass Education,and a Jatiya Sangsad member who represented the Dinajpur-5 constituency for eight terms. He had previously served as the State Minister for the Ministry of Environment and Forest and later took over the Ministry of Land as State Minister,from 31 July 2009 to 21 November 2013.
ʻAbd al-Mannān is a Muslim male given name and,in modern usage,surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd meaning 'servant' and al-Mannān,"Benefactor,the Giver of All Good/Benefits". The full name means "servant of the Benevolent/Benefactor","servant of the Giver of All Good/Benefits",and is a Muslim theophoric name.
Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali is the former finance minister of Bangladesh who also served as parliamentarian and cabinet minister including the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh from 2013 to 2019. He previously served as Minister of Disaster Management and Relief from 2012 to 2013.
Biren Sikder is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Magura-2 constituency. He served as the State Minister for Youth and Sports during 2014–2019.
Shahriar Alam is a Bangladeshi politician. He served as the state minister of foreign relations for Bangladesh during 2014–2024.
AB Tajul Islam is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as the state minister of Liberation War Affairs and as a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Brahmanbaria-6 constituency during 2009–2024 and 1996–2001. He is a retired Bangladesh Army Captain.
Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Madaripur-1 constituency and the former Chief whip of Jatiya Sangsad. He has been missing along with his brother Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury (Nixon) and other family members,since the resignation of his aunt Sheikh Hasina on 5th August 2024.
Abdul Mannan was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the first Minister of Home Affairs of independent Bangladesh from April 1972 to March 1973.
A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-6 constituency. He was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Railways Ministry. His father,AKM Fazlul Kabir Chowdhury,served as a member of parliament as well as Leader of the Opposition in the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly.
A. K. M. Fazlul Haque is an Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament from Sherpur-3.
Moazzem Hossain Ratan is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sunamganj-1 constituency since 2009.
Farhad Hossain is a Bangladesh Awami League politician who is a former minister of public administration and a former Jatiya Sangsad representing the Meherpur-1 constituency.
A. K. M. A. Awal Saydur Rahman is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Pirojpur-1 constituency during 2009–2018. As of September 2020,he has been serving as the president of the Pirojpur district Awami League branch.
Abdul Hakeem Chowdhury was a politician in Bangladesh who was a member of the East Pakistan Provincial Council and Member of Parliament.
