Akhtaruzzaman Mia

Mia was born on 12 February 1957 in South Palashpara village of Chirirbandar Upazila, Dinajpur District, Bangladesh. He completed his Bachelor of Commerce and Master's degree in Accounting and Information Systems from University of Rajshahi in 1979.

Mia was elected as a member of parliament from Dinajpur-4 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the 2001 Bangladeshi general election.^[1]

He contested the 2008 Bangladeshi general election as an independent candidate. In the 2018 Bangladeshi general election, he contested from Dinajpur-4 as a candidate supported by the Jatiya Oikya Front and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party but was defeated by Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali of the Awami League.^[2]

Following the 2026 general election, Mia was elected again as the Member of Parliament from Dinajpur-4 and was appointed as the opposition chief whip in the Jatiya Sangsad.