Jewel Areng

Jewel Areng (Bengali: জুয়েল আরেং) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from Mymensingh-1. He is the youngest member of parliament and the only Catholic.[1][2] His father, Promode Mankin, was the State Minister for Social Welfare in the Bangladesh Awami League government.[3]

Jewel Areng
Member of Parliament
Personal details
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Career

On 18 July 2016 Areng was elected to Parliament from Mymensingh-1 in a special election. The special election was held after the seat became vacant after the death of Promode Mankin, the Member of Parliament and father of Jewel Areng. Areng beat his opponent, Selina Khatun, by 155,866 votes.[4][5]

gollark: Simple and objective performance measurements, maybe.
gollark: The private sector can definitely do some stuff really well. I'm not sure what the common theme between the things is.
gollark: Airport security really is 94128 bees, I agree.
gollark: Well, if it has their name and such on it, it's no more insane than every *other* way ID works.
gollark: I'm not sure evolutionary psychology is particularly known for predictive accuracy.

References
  1. "Jewel Areng". Amarmp. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  2. "Two new Mymensingh MPs take oath". The Independent. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  3. "Awami League's Jewel Areng, Nazim Uddin win Mymensingh constituencies in by-elections". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  4. "Mymensingh, a tribal Catholic elected to Parliament". asianews.it. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  5. "AL nominates Jewel, Nazim for M'singh by-polls". banglanews24.com. Retrieved 14 February 2018.


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