Rashed Khan Menon

Rashed Khan Menon
রাশেদ খান মেনন
Menon in 2017
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
In office
30 January 2024 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byShah-e-Alam
ConstituencyBarisal-2
In office
25 January 2009 – 29 January 2024
Preceded byNasiruddin Ahmed Pintu
Succeeded byAFM Bahauddin Nasim
ConstituencyDhaka-8
In office
5 March 1991 – 24 November 1995
Preceded bySyed Azizul Haque
Succeeded byGolam Faruque Ovi
ConstituencyBarisal-2
In office
2 April 1979 – 24 March 1982[1]
ConstituencyBakerganj-9 (now defunct)
Minister of Social Welfare
In office
3 January 2018 – 7 January 2019
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byGeetiara Safya Chowdhury
Succeeded byNuruzzaman Ahmed
Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism
In office
14 January 2014 – 3 January 2018
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byFaruk Khan
Succeeded byA.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal[2]
Personal details
Born (1943-05-18) 18 May 1943 (age 81)
Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyWorkers Party of Bangladesh
SpouseLutfun Nessa Khan
Parent
Relatives
Alma materDhaka College University of Dhaka
OccupationPolitician

Rashed Khan Menon (born 18 May 1943)[3] is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the president of Workers Party of Bangladesh and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Barisal-2, Dhaka-8 and Bakerganj-9 constituencies. He was the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Education.[4][5] Earlier, he served as the Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism.[6]

  1. ^ "List of 2nd Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Menon being replaced by Kamal at cabinet". The Daily Star. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Rashed Khan Menon steps into 65". New Age. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Menon for edn system without discrimination". The Daily Star. BSS. 11 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Council of Ministers: Surprises in reshuffle". The Daily Star. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Hawkers greet Civil Aviation Minister Rashed Khan Menon". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. 13 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017.