Solaiman Haque Joarder

Solaiman Haque Joarder (also known as Selun 15 March 1946 - 13 June 2025) is an Awami League politician and a former member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Chuadanga-1 constituency during 2009–2024.

Early life Joarder was born on 15 March 1946. He completed his education up to S.S.C. or grade ten. During the Bangladesh Liberation war he served in the Mukti Bahini.

Career Joarder was nominated by Awami League to contest the 1991 parliamentary election from Chuadanga-1. He lost the election with 53,535 votes to Miah Mohammed Monsur Ali of Bangladesh Nationalist Party who received 55,387. He received 184,793 votes while his nearest rival of Bangladesh Nationalist Party received 136,889 votes. On 24 March 2012 he received government approval for his private university, First Capital University, in Chuadanga District.

Joarder was reelected unopposed in 2014 Bangladeshi general election. The opposition leader and chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Khaleda Zia, was placed under house arrest before the election and her party subsequently boycotted it. He is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. On 24 January 2014 he was appointed a whip the 10th Parliament.

In August 2024, the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh decided to investigate the allegations of corruption brought against Joarder.