Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad
| native_name = লুৎফর রহমান খান আজাদ
| native_name_lang = bn
| office = State Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment
| term_start = 9 July 2006
| term_end = 29 October 2006
| predecessor = Mohammad Quamrul Islam
| office1 = State Minister of NGO Affairs
| term_start1 = 6 May 2004
| term_end1 = 9 July 2006
| office2 = State Minister of Jute
| term_start2 = 22 May 2003
| term_end2 = 6 May 2004
| successor2 = Position abolished
| office3 = State Minister of Labour and Employment
| term_start3 = 11 March 2002
| term_end3 = 22 May 2003
| successor3 = Amanullah Aman
| office4 = State Minister of Science and Technology
| term_start4 = 10 October 2001
| term_end4 = 11 March 2002
| constituency_MP5 = Tangail-3
| term_start5 = 5 March 1991
| term_end5 = 27 October 2006
| predecessor5 = Saidur Rahman Khan
| successor5 = Mohammad Matiur Rahman
| party = Bangladesh Nationalist Party
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| image =
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Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-3 constituency.{{cite news|title=86 ex-BNP MPs back Delwar|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-40260|accessdate=19 February 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=8 June 2008|language=en}} He served as the state minister of 5 different ministries during 2001–2006 in the Second 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.{{Cite web|title=Khaleda reshuffles cabinet|url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/khaleda-reshuffles-cabinet-1.380812|website=gulfnews.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25|date=2002-03-13}}{{Cite web|title=Representation of women reduced to half|url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/representation-of-women-reduced-to-half-1.427101|website=gulfnews.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}{{Cite web|title=Portfolios of eight ministers changed|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/05/07/d4050701022.htm|access-date=2020-09-09|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=2004-05-07}}{{Cite web|title=Portfolios of 2 state ministers changed|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/07/10/d60710013124.htm|access-date=2020-09-23|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=2006-07-10}}{{cite news|title=HR workers against indemnity to law enforcers|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/11/30/d4113001044.htm|accessdate=19 February 2018|newspaper=The Daily Star}}{{cite news|title=Govt sets 10pc industrial growth target by 2006|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/07/31/d30731050451.htm|accessdate=19 February 2018|newspaper=The Daily Star}}{{cite news|title=Explore job market for migrant workers|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/09/25/d60925060680.htm|accessdate=19 February 2018|newspaper=The Daily Star}}
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.{{cite news|title=Prospective candidates busy wooing voters for next JS polls|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/131609|accessdate=19 February 2018|work=The Independent}}
On 2 January 2010, Azad was appointed as one of the international affairs secretaries of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.{{cite news|title=Delwar stays secy general|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-120112|accessdate=19 February 2018|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=2 January 2010|language=en}}
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Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians
Category:5th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:6th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:7th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members
Category:State ministers of science and technology of Bangladesh
Category:State ministers of labour and employment of Bangladesh
Category:State ministers of Jute
Category:State ministers of expatriates' welfare and overseas employment of Bangladesh
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
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