Monnujan Sufian (born 1 January 1953)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from Women's Reserved Seat-41 and from Khulna-3 constituencies. She is a former State Minister of Labour and Employment.[2][3][4][5]
Sufian completed her bachelor's from Khulna Girls' College in 1969. Her husband, Abu Sufyan Bir Protik, was a freedom fighter, politician and labor leader. She is the daughter of Late Alhaj Moslem Bawali and Late Johra Begum and the eldest among her siblings.[6]
Sufian served as the president of Khulna Girls' College unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League in 1968.[6]
Sufian was elected to parliament from Khulna-3 as an Awami League candidate in 2008.[7] She was appointed State Minister of Labour and Employment in the Second Sheikh Hasina Cabinet.[8]
Sufian was re-elected to parliament from Khulna-3 as an Awami League candidate in 2014.[9] She received 45,950 votes while her nearest rival, Independent Md. Moniruzzaman Khokon, received 6,424.[9]
Sufian was sued by three faculty members of Daulatpur Day-Night College, of which she is the President of the managing committee, on 15 October 2015 alleging that they were unfairly dismissed from their workplace.[10]
Sufian was re-elected to parliament from Khulna-3 as an Awami League candidate in 2018.[11] She received 134,806 votes while her nearest rival, Rokibul Islam Bokul of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 23,060 votes.[11]
Munnujan didn't participate in 2024 general election but she was nominated from the Women's Reserved Seat by Awami League.[citation needed]