Dipen Dewan

Dipen Dewan is a Bangladeshi politician, advocate, and former district president of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Rangamati. He formerly served as a Member of Parliament from Rangamati and as the Minister for the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs.

Early life Dewan was born on 8 June 1963 in the Mantripara area of College Gate in Rangamati. His father, Subimal Dewan, served as an adviser on tribal affairs to President Ziaur Rahman. Dewan belongs to the Chakma community and practices Buddhism.

He passed the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination in 1978. He later enrolled at Rangamati Government College for his Higher Secondary studies. During this time, he formally began his involvement in student politics as a founding organizer of the Rangamati Government College unit of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He obtained a master's degree in law from the University of Dhaka and subsequently joined the Judicial Service as an assistant judge.

Politics In 2005, he resigned from his position as a Joint District Judge and entered politics by joining the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). In 2010, he became President of the Rangamati District BNP. Since 2016, he has been serving as Joint Secretary for Religious Affairs of the party's central committee.