A M Mahbub Uddin Khokon

A M Mahbub Uddin Khokon is the member of parliament for Noakhali-1 (Chatkhil upazila and part of Sonaimuri upazila) in the 13th Parliament. He has come to Parliament for the second time, from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He is a well-known lawyer, known as Mahbub Uddin Khokon. In Parliament he is a member of the Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts and the Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions.

Mahbub Uddin Khokon was born on 12 January 1956 at Sonapur, Sonaimuri upazila, Noakhali district. He is the son of Momtaz Uddin Ahmed and Rowshan Ara Begum. He is the eldest of nine siblings. After passing the SSC from Gopalpur High School, Noakhali, and the HSC from Dhaka Government College, he obtained an LLB degree from the University of Dhaka. In 1992 he completed an LLB (Honours) in Wales, United Kingdom, and in 1993 he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn.

He has practised law since 1994. He is the founder and head of the Dhaka-based law firm Mahbub & Company. He has also served as a lawyer for BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. In March 2024 he was elected president of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association.

In the 9th parliamentary election in 2008 he was elected a member of parliament for the first time, from Noakhali-1 as the BNP candidate. In the 13th parliamentary election held on 12 February 2026, he was elected a member of parliament for the second time, from the same seat, winning 126,833 votes with the sheaf of paddy symbol. He is the father of a daughter and a son; his son is also a barrister.

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