Kalparanjan Chakma
Bangladeshi politician (1922–2018)
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Kalparanjan Chakma (13 January 1922[1] – 25 July 2018) was a Bangladeshi Awami League politician and a Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs.[2][3] He helped negotiate the release of two Danes and a Briton kidnapped by Shanti Bahini members in Chittagong Hill Tracts.[4]
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byBir Bahadur Ushwe Sing
Preceded byWadud Bhuiyan
Kalparanjan Chakma | |
|---|---|
কল্পরঞ্জন চাকমা | |
| Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs | |
| In office 1 January 1998 – 15 July 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 12 June 1996 – 15 July 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Wadud Bhuiyan |
| Succeeded by | Wadud Bhuiyan |
| Constituency | Khagrachari |
| In office 27 February 1991 – 15 February 1996 | |
| Preceded by | A. K. M. Alim Ullah |
| Succeeded by | Wadud Bhuiyan |
| Constituency | Khagrachari |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 January 1922 Taraboniya, Khagrachhari District, Chittagong Hill Tracts |
| Died | 25 July 2018 (aged 96) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Party | Bangladesh Awami League |
A tribal leader[5] and a former M.P. from Khagrachari,[6] he died on 25 July 2018 in Dhaka.[7]
