Mizanur Rahman Minu

Mizanur Rahman Minu (born 7 January 1958) is a politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He is the incumbent minister for land and is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rajshahi-2 constituency since February 2026.

Minu served as the mayor of Rajshahi. He was elected president of the Rajshahi unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He is an advisor to former prime minister and chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Khaleda Zia. . He became the Minister of ministry of land on 17 February 2026.

Career Minu was elected to parliament from Rajshahi-2 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001. He received 176,405 votes while his nearest rival, A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton of Awami League, received 96,604 votes. His opponent, Fazle Hossain Badsha, made allegations of vote rigging and an Awami League activist was killed in election violence. He contested the election from Rajshahi-2 against Fazle Hossain Badsha of the Awami League led grand alliance.

Minu was sent to jail in March 2014 in a case filed over the attempted murder of the officer-in-charge of Boalia model police station after he was shot at a hartal (strike) of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on 4 June 2011.

Minu was sent to jail in six arson cases in July 2015 and was released on bail in September. He was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital after his bail. He later apologized for calling for a repeat of the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, father of Sheikh Hasina.

In July 2023, an employee of Ena Group, owned by Awami League member of parliament Enamul Haque, filed a case against Minu under the Digital Security Act after Minu accused Enamul of being a former president of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir. Judge AM Zulfiqar Hayat of the Dhaka Cyber Tribunal dismissed the case against Minu on the reasoning that the complaint did not have grounds to file a complaint as the comments were not made against him or his close family. He was removed from the Rajshahi District convening committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.