Manu Majumdar
{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician (1959–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Manu Majumder
| native_name = {{nobold|মানু মজুমদার}}
| native_name_lang = bn
| constituency_MP = Netrokona-1
| parliament = Bangladesh
| term_start = 30 January 2019
| term_end = 7 January 2024
| predecessor = Chhabi Biswas
| successor = Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi
| party = Awami League
| birth_date = {{birth_date|1959|08|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kishoreganj, East Pakistan, Pakistan
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|05|22|1959|08|14|df=y}}
| death_place = Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
}}
Manu Majumdar (14 August 1959 – 21 May 2024) was a Bangladeshi Awami League politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Netrokona-1 constituency from 2019 to 2024.{{cite web |title=Manu Majumdar - মানু মজুমদার |url=https://www.amarmp.com/mp/17888 |website=Amarmp |date=8 May 2019 |accessdate=7 August 2019 |language=en}}
Background
Majumdar was born on 14 August 1959.{{Cite web|title=Constituency 157 |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english/309-mps-category/mps-of-11th-parliament/3717-constituency-157-11th-en|access-date=23 May 2021|website=Bangladesh Parliament}} He was the brother-in-law of the previous member of parliament, Chhabi Bishwas, from Netrokona-1.{{Cite news |date=26 November 2018|title=Rejected AL aspirants wreak havoc in several districts|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/election/2018/11/26/rejected-al-aspirants-wreak-havoc-in-several-districts|access-date=28 June 2021|work=Dhaka Tribune}} Majumdar died in Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences in Bengaluru, India on 21 May 2024, at the age of 64.{{Cite web|title=সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য মানু মজুমদার মারা গেছেন |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/samagrabangladesh/18e8e059ec58 |access-date=22 May 2024 |website=সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য মানু মজুমদার মারা গেছেন |language=bn|trans-title=Former member of parliament Manu Majumdar dies}}
Career
Majumdar hailing from Kishoreganj, Dhaka was elected to parliament from Netrokona-1 as an Awami League candidate 30 December 2018 and later became a voter of Netrokona afterward. He received 249,738 votes while his nearest rival, Kaiser Kamal of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 16,332 votes.{{Cite news |date=25 November 2018|title=Netrokona-1 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Netrokona-1&d=mymensingh|access-date=28 June 2021|work=The Daily Star|language=en}} His nomination was protested by Awami League supporters who described him as an "outsider".
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