Md. Abdul Gafur

Md. Abdul Gafur is the member of parliament (MP) in the 13th Parliament for Kushtia-2 (Bheramara and Mirpur). He entered Parliament for the first time as the candidate nominated by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.

He was born on 1 December 1955. His father is Abdur Rahman and his mother Rizia Khatun. He lives at Chauduar in Amla union of Mirpur upazila. He is a businessman by profession.

Rising from the grassroots, Abdul Gafur began his political journey as a union parishad member. He was elected union parishad member twice and union parishad chairman three times. He was later elected chairman of the Mirpur upazila parishad in 2009 and 2013, serving from February 2009 to 30 January 2013 and from 13 May 2013 to 4 February 2014. He told Bangla Tribune that there had been no break in his political journey since 2003.

In the election held on 12 February 2026 he was elected MP for Kushtia-2 with 192,083 votes under the scales symbol. As an MP he has said he will give priority to the infrastructure of the area's schools and colleges, to healthcare in Mirpur and Bheramara, and to the problem of erosion by the Padma river.

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