Dipen Dewan

Dipen Dewan is the member of parliament for the hill district seat of Rangamati in the 13th Parliament. He has entered Parliament for the first time, for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). When the new Cabinet led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was formed on 17 February 2026, he was sworn in as Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs, and he held this office until 1 June.

Dipen Dewan was born into a political family on 8 June 1963 in Rangamati hill district. His father, the late Subimal Dewan, was adviser on tribal affairs to President Ziaur Rahman and a founding leader of the Rangamati district BNP. His mother, the late Mohini Dewan, was a homemaker. He belongs to the Chakma community.

After passing the SSC in 1978 he completed his higher secondary education at Rangamati Government College. While studying there he was one of the founding organisers of the college unit of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal. He later obtained LLB and LLM degrees from the Department of Law of the University of Dhaka. He joined the 7th BCS (Judicial) cadre and served as a judge for 19 years.

In 2005 he resigned from the post of joint district judge and joined the BNP. In 2010 he became president of the Rangamati district BNP, and since 2016 he has served as joint secretary for religious affairs on the party's central committee. He is a member of the BNP national executive committee.

In the election to the 13th Parliament held on 12 February 2026 he was elected for the Rangamati seat, winning 201,544 votes with the sheaf of paddy symbol. His margin over the nearest candidate was 170,322 votes, the largest margin in the country in this election. He is married to Moitri Chakma and is the father of two daughters, Aditi and Rajeshwari Dewan.

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