Full Name: Nur Muhammad Khan

Affiliation: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)

Current Position: Former State Minister

Date of Birth: October 01, 1946

Place of Birth: Bangladesh

Home District: Tangail

Constituency: 135, Tangail-6

Term: Third (2nd-1979, 3rd-1986, 4th-1988)

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Profile:

Nur Muhammad Khan (born 01 October 1946) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) politician, former state minister and former Member of Parliament represented Tangail-6 (Nagarpur-Delduar) constituency. He was elected a Member of Parliament from Tangail-6 constituency as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the second parliamentary elections of 1979. He served as Minister of State for LGED in Ziaur Rahman's cabinet and as Minister of State for Information and Radio in Abdus Sattar's cabinet.

Khan was born in Nagarpur upazila of Tangail district. He was an active member of Chhatra Union since 1962. He graduated from the University of Dhaka and obtained MA degree in Law. He then joined the legal profession and began regular practice in the High Court. After the historic change in 1975, he joined the new political party named Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) formed by Late President Ziaur Rahman. He became the BNP candidate in 1979 and defeated the Awami League candidate Setab Ali Khan.

After the death of former president Ziaur Rahman in 1981, when the political landscape in the country changed, Khan left the BNP and joined the Jatiya Party formed by General Ershad. He was elected as a Member of Parliament from Tangail-6 constituency as a candidate of Jatiya Party in the 3rd Jatiya Sangsad elections on 7th May 1986 and 4th Jatiya Sangsad on 3rd March 1988.

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