Rafiqul Islam Hilaly

Rafiqul Islam Hilaly is the member of parliament for Netrokona-3 (Atpara and Kendua upazilas) in the 13th Parliament. He has entered Parliament for the first time, for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He is currently general secretary of Netrokona district BNP.

Hilaly was born on 1 May 1969. He is the son of Golam Muksud Hilaly and Anowara Hilaly. He passed the SSC in 1984 from Kendua Joyhari Spry Government High School and the HSC with letter marks in 1986 from Kendua Government College. After completing his honours degree in 1989 and his master's in 1990 at the University of Chittagong, he obtained a PhD in 2012 for research on the contribution of the martyred President Ziaur Rahman to the Liberation War. He is a businessman by profession.

His politics began in his student days. While studying at the University of Chittagong he became general secretary of Alaol Hall in 1987, and later held the posts of publicity secretary and general secretary of the university unit, becoming its president in 1993. He was nominated a member of the central Jubo Dal in 1995, assistant general secretary of the central Swechchhasebak Dal in 1997, and assistant forest and environment affairs secretary of the central Jubo Dal in 2002. He was elected president of Kendua upazila BNP in 2008 and 2016. He was nominated a member of the BNP central executive committee in 2014 and 2016, and in 2020 he was given the post of member secretary of Netrokona district BNP. In August 2025 he was elected general secretary at the district BNP conference.

He had also received the sheaf of paddy nomination for Netrokona-3 in 2006, 2008 and 2018. In the election to the 13th Parliament held on 12 February 2026, he was elected member of parliament with 118,469 votes under the sheaf of paddy symbol.

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