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
Other political
affiliations
Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP
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.