Md. Abdul Majid Khan

Khan was born on 31 December 1954.^[3] He completed his undergraduate in communications and also has a law degree.^[3]

In 2008, Khan was elected to parliament from Habiganj-2 as a candidate of the Awami League.^[4] He received 152,080 votes while his nearest rival, Sheikh Sujat Miah of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 79,488 votes.^[4]

Khan was elected to Parliament on 5 January 2014 from Habiganj-2 as an Awami League candidate.^[5] He received 65,362 Votes while his nearest rival, independent candidate Afsar Ahmed, received 3,112 votes.^[6]

Khan was re-elected to parliament in 2018 as a candidate of the Awami League from Habiganj-2.^[7] He had 179,480 votes while his nearest rival, Maulana Abdul Basit Azad of the Khelafat Majlis, received 59,724 votes.^[7] He was a member of the parliamentary standing committee on Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[8] He visited Cambodia in 2020 as part of a delegation of the parliamentary standing committee to discuss the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.^[9]

Khan did not receive the nomination for the 2024 election.^[10]

He was arrested in February 2025, following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.^[11] He was accused of being involved in the murder of Ripon Shil who died in protests against Sheikh Hasina.^[12]