Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad

Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-3 constituency.^[1] He served as the state minister of 5 different ministries during 2001–2006 in the Third Khaleda Cabinet - Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of Jute, Ministry of NGO Affairs, and Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad
লুৎফর রহমান খান আজাদ
State Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment
In office 9 July 2006 – 29 October 2006
Preceded by	Mohammad Quamrul Islam
State Minister of NGO Affairs
In office 6 May 2004 – 9 July 2006
State Minister of Jute
In office 22 May 2003 – 6 May 2004
Succeeded by	Position abolished
State Minister of Labour and Employment
In office 11 March 2002 – 22 May 2003
Succeeded by	Amanullah Aman
State Minister of Science and Technology
In office 10 October 2001 – 11 March 2002
Member of Parliament for Tangail-3
In office 5 March 1991 – 27 October 2006
Preceded by	Saidur Rahman Khan
Succeeded by	Mohammad Matiur Rahman
Personal details
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Career

Azad was elected from Tangail-3 as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in 1991, 1996, and 2001. In the three elections he beat Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan, candidate of Bangladesh Awami League and his cousin.^[9]

On 2 January 2010, Azad was appointed as one of the international affairs secretaries of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.^[10]