Narayon Chandra Chanda

{{short description|Bangladeshi Politician and Parliamentarian}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Narayan Chandra Chanda | native_name = নারায়ন চন্দ্র চন্দ | native_name_lang = bn | image = Narayan Chandra Chanda (PID-0008527).jpg | caption = Chandra in 2024 | office = Minister of Land | term_start = 11 January 2024 | term_end = 6 August 2024 | predecessor = Saifuzzaman Chowdhury | successor = Dr. Muhammad Yunus {{small|(Adviser)}} | constituency_MP1 = Khulna-5 | parliament1 = Bangladesh | term_start1 = 25 January 2009 | term_end1 = 6 August 2024 | predecessor1 = Mia Golam Parwar | successor1 = Mohammad Ali Asghar Lobby | term_start2 = 2000 | term_end2 = 13 July 2001 | predecessor2 = Salahuddin Yusuf | office3 = Minister of Fisheries and Livestock | term_start3 = 2 January 2018<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2018/01/02/four-cabinet-appointees-bangabhan-take-oath|title=Cabinet gets 3 new ministers, one state minister|date=2018-01-02|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> | term_end3 = 7 January 2019 | predecessor3 = Mohammad Sayedul Haque | successor3 = SM Rezaul Karim | office4 = State Minister of Fisheries and Livestock | term_start4 = 25 January 2014 | term_end4 = 2 January 2018 | successor4 = Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|03|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Khulna, Bengal Province, British India | occupation = Politician | party = Bangladesh Awami League }}

'''Narayan Chandra Chanda''' (born 12 M

arch 1945)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3664&csrt=14939501824977546976|title=Constituency 103_11th_En|website=Bangladesh Parliament|access-date=2020-04-04}}</ref> is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Minister of Land served in 2024. He is a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Khulna-5 constituency, and a former Minister of Fisheries and Livestock.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of 10th Parliament Members English|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english|website=Bangladesh Parliament|access-date=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy celebrates Independence Day|url=http://www.observerbd.com/2016/03/28/143805.php|work=The Daily Observer|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Saha |first=Moloy |date=7 January 2019 |title=Ministers dropped from Bangladesh cabinet |url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/61073/ministers-dropped-from-bangladesh-cabinet |work=New Age |access-date=10 January 2019}}</ref>

== Early life == Mr. Chanda was born on 12 March 1945 in Dumuria Upazila of Khulna district.

== Education == He studied at Banda High School and Dumuria NGC & NCK High School, and then completed his HSC at Govt. Brajal (BL) College, Khulna. Then Mr. Chanda obtained BA (Honours) and MA in Political Science from the University of Rajshahi in 1966 and 1967 respectively. Afterwards he completed Bachelor of Education as well.

== Career == Mr. Chanda joined as the Headmaster of Shahos-Noakati High School in Dumuria, Khulna in 1967. Then since 1973 till 2005 he had served as the Headmaster of Dumuria NGC & NCK (Minister for Fisheries and Livestocks) Pilot High School, which was established in 1924.

He was elected the chairman of Bhandarpara Union Council in Dumuria upazila in the first union council elections of Bangladesh. He had been elected Chairman for six consecutive terms until he became an MP.

Mr. Chanda was elected a Member of Parliament from the Dumuria-Fultala-Gilatola Cantonment (Khulna-5) constituency in the by-elections held on 27 December 2000 after the death of the then Health Minister Salahuddin Yusuf. He was again elected a Member of Parliament in the 9th parliamentary election of 2008. Then Mr Chanda was further elected in the 10th, 11th and 12th parliamentary elections respectively in January 2014, December 2018, and January 2024. He was sworn in as the State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock in Bangladesh on January 12, 2014. Later served as the Minister of Fisheries and Livestock from January 2018. Afterwards Mr. Chanda was assigned to the position of the Minister of Land in January 2024. As Land Minister, he has worked on the Land Zoning Project and the Bangladesh Digital Survey Program, aiming for smart land management.

Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Mr. Chanda was detained by the Border Guard Bangladesh on 6 October 2024 in Jhenaidah while allegedly fleeing to India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-07 |title=Ex-land minister Narayan Chandra Chanda arrested |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/ex-land-minister-narayan-chandra-chanda-arrested-960036 |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=The Business Standard |language=en}}</ref>

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