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Md. Abdul Majid Khan

Member of Parliament
Personal details
Born31 December 1954 (age 70)
Political partyAwami League

Md. Abdul Majid Khan (Bengali: মোঃ আব্দুল মজিদ খান) is an Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Habiganj-2.[1][2]

Khan was born on 31 December 1954.[3] He completed his undergraduate in communications and also has a law degree.[3]

In 2008, Khan was elected to parliament from Habiganj-2 as a candidate of the Awami League.[4] He received 152,080 votes while his nearest rival, Sheikh Sujat Miah of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 79,488 votes.[4]

Khan was elected to Parliament on 5 January 2014 from Habiganj-2 as an Awami League candidate.[5] He received 65,362 Votes while his nearest rival, independent candidate Afsar Ahmed, received 3,112 votes.[6]

Khan was re-elected to parliament in 2018 as a candidate of the Awami League from Habiganj-2.[7] He had 179,480 votes while his nearest rival, Maulana Abdul Basit Azad of the Khelafat Majlis, received 59,724 votes.[7] He was a member of the parliamentary standing committee on Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[8] He visited Cambodia in 2020 as part of a delegation of the parliamentary standing committee to discuss the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.[9]

Khan did not receive the nomination for the 2024 election.[10]

He was arrested in February 2025, following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.[11] He was accused of being involved in the murder of Ripon Shil who died in protests against Sheikh Hasina.[12]

  1. ^ "Close shave: MP Majid escapes road crash unhurt". UNB. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Habiganj-2 MP Majid Khan tests Covid-19 positive". jagonews24.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Md. Abdul Majid Khan -মোঃ আব্দুল মজিদ খান Biography". Amarmp. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results - Amar Desh Online". amardesh.com. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Md. Abdul Majid Khan -মোঃ আব্দুল মজিদ খান History". Amarmp. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Search result for Candidates in Constituency Habiganj-2 | Bangladesh Election Result 2014 by Dhaka Tribune". web.archive.org. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Habiganj-2 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018". The Daily Star. 25 November 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  8. ^ "US sanctions: JS body recommends appointing lobbyist for Bangladesh". The Daily Star. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  9. ^ "JS body to visit Cambodia to discuss on Rohingya repatriation". The Daily Star. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  10. ^ "130 MPs fail to make it to new parliament". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  11. ^ "Ex-Habiganj MP Abdul Majid Khan arrested in Dhaka". The Daily Star. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  12. ^ "Ex-Habiganj MP Majid Khan arrested in murder cases". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 10 February 2025.