Suranjit Sengupta

MP
Suranjit Sengupta
সুরঞ্জিৎ সেনগুপ্ত
Minister of Railways
In office
6 December 2011 – 18 April 2012
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byObaidul Quader
Member of Parliament
In office
1 October 2001 – 5 February 2017
Preceded byNasir Uddin Chowdhury
Succeeded byJoya Sengupta
ConstituencySunamganj-2
In office
1 October 1997 – 1 October 2001
Preceded bySharif Uddin Ahmed
Succeeded byNajmul Hasan Zahed
ConstituencyHabiganj-2
In office
27 February 1991 – 15 February 1996
Preceded byGolam Jilani Chowdhury
Succeeded byMifta Uddin Chowdhury
ConstituencySunamganj-2
In office
7 May 1986 – 3 March 1988
Preceded byConstituency Created
Succeeded byGolam Jilani Chowdhury
ConstituencySunamganj-2
In office
18 February 1979 – 12 February 1982
ConstituencySylhet-2
Personal details
Born(1945-07-07)7 July 1945
Anwarpur, Sylhet District, Assam Province, British India[1]
Died5 February 2017(2017-02-05) (aged 71)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Other political
affiliations		Jatiya Ekata Party
SpouseJoya Sengupta
ChildrenSoumen Sengupta
EducationMA, LLB[1]
Occupationpolitician, lawyer

Suranjit Sengupta (5 May 1945 – 5 February 2017)[2] was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He resigned in 2012 as the first Railway Minister of Bangladesh.[3][4] 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.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Constituency 225". Bangladesh Parliament. 21 January 2014.
  2. ^ Rashidul Hasan (5 February 2017). "Suranjit Sengupta: At a glance". The Daily Star. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Suranjit is back". The Daily Star. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  4. ^ Majumder, Srabanti (13 April 2012). "Slap on the ugly face of corrupt Suranjit". Weekly Blitz. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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