Harunur Rashid Khan Monno

Harunur Rashid Khan Monno (17 August 1932 – 1 August 2017)[1] was a Bangladeshi industrialist and politician. He served as the chairman of his conglomerate, Monno Group of Industries.[2] He was elected a member of parliament[3] and a minister (without portfolio) of the Government of Bangladesh.[4] He was also an adviser to Bangladesh National Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia.[2]

Harunur Rashid Khan Monno
হারুনুর রশিদ খান মুন্নু
Monno
Member of Parliament
In office
2001–2006
Preceded byAbdul Wahab Khan
Succeeded byZahid Maleque
ConstituencyManikganj-3
In office
1991–2001
Preceded byAbdur Rauf Khan
Succeeded bySamsuddin Ahmed
ConstituencyManikganj-2
Personal details
Born(1932-08-17)17 August 1932
Dhaka district, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died1 August 2017(2017-08-01) (aged 84)
Manikganj, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
OccupationIndustrialist, politician

Career

While Monno was a student of chartered accountancy, he joined Adamjee Haji Dawood's company in the accounts department.[1] His first assignment was to print export register copies for the Adamjee conglomerate company. Within two years, he established a press company of his own.[1] Later he established Monno Group of Industries, which included Monno Ceramics, Monno Jutex Industries, Monno Fabrics and Monno Attire Limited.[2] He received lifetime achievement award at the 16th Bangladesh Business Awards.[5]

Monno served as a Jatiya Sangsad member from the Manikganj-2 constituency during 1991–1996 and Manikganj-3 during 2001–2006.[6] In 2001, he was selected a cabinet member without portfolio during the Khaleda Zia's administration.[7] He lost the minister status in May 2003 when Zia was under pressure, especially from foreign donors, to downsize her cabinet.[8]

Personal life

Monno was married to Huron Nahar. Together they had two daughters – Afroza Khan Rita and Feroza Mahmud Parvin.[2] Afroza is serving as the Managing Director of Monno Group of Industries and also an adviser to Khaleda Zia.[2][9] Feroza is married to journalist and businessman Mahmudur Rahman.[10]

gollark: Oops. It appears that I have doomed us all. Can I just not use that mine for another 2 hours?
gollark: Furnace 1: 1 clay → 1 brick and we need batch processing.
gollark: I buildinate a furnace and declarinate the existing furnace furnace 0 and declarinate the new furnace furnace 1.
gollark: Furnace: convert 1 clay to 1 brick. Bees: activate.
gollark: Furnace: convert 1 clay to 1 brick also.

See also

References
  1. Chowdhury, Mehrin (3 May 2016). "Harunur Rashid Khan Monno - The visionary behind local ceramics". The Daily Star. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. "BNP's Haruner Rashid Monno passes away". The Daily Star. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. "List of 7th Parliament Members" (in Bengali). Bangladesh Parliament. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. "Harunar Rashid Khan Monno passes away". The Daily Star. 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  5. "Business stars awarded". The Daily Star. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  6. Sohel, Ahmed (1 August 2017). "Former lawmaker, industrialist Harunur Rashid Monno dies". NTV Bangladesh. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  7. "Industrialist and BNP leader Harunur Rashid Khan Monno dies". bdnews24.com. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  8. "Bangladesh cabinet reshuffled". Gulf News. 23 May 2003. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  9. Amin, Mohammad (10 August 2016). "Family connections weigh heavily". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  10. Bashar, Reazul (11 April 2013). "Always in headlines". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
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