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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name               = Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad
| native_name        = লুৎফর রহমান খান আজাদ
| native_name_lang   = bn
| office             = [[Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment|State Minister of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment]]
| term_start         = 9 July 2006
| term_end           = 29 October 2006
| predecessor        = [[Mohammad Quamrul Islam]]
| office1            = State Minister of NGO Affairs
| term_start1        = 6 May 2004
| term_end1          = 9 July 2006
| office2            = [[Ministry of Textiles and Jute|State Minister of Jute]]
| term_start2        = 22 May 2003
| term_end2          = 6 May 2004
| successor2         = ''Position abolished''
| office3            = [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Labour and Employment]]
| term_start3        = 11 March 2002
| term_end3          = 22 May 2003
| successor3         = [[Amanullah Aman]]
| office4            = [[Ministry of Science and Technology (Bangladesh)|State Minister of Science and Technology]]
| term_start4        = 10 October 2001
| term_end4          = 11 March 2002
| constituency_MP5   = [[Tangail-3]]
| term_start5        = 5 March 1991
| term_end5          = 27 October 2006
| predecessor5       = [[Saidur Rahman Khan]]
| successor5         = [[Mohammad Matiur Rahman]]
| party              = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| nationality        = Bangladeshi
}}

'''Lutfor Rahman Khan Azad''' is a [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] politician and a former [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Tangail-3]] constituency.<ref>{{cite news|title=86 ex-BNP MPs back Delwar|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-40260|accessdate=19 February 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=8 June 2008|language=en}}</ref> He served as the state minister of 5 different ministries during 2001–2006 in the [[Second Khaleda Cabinet]] - [[Ministry of Science and Technology (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Science and Technology]], [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (Bangladesh)|Ministry of Labour and Employment]], [[Ministry of Textiles and Jute|Ministry of Jute]], Ministry of NGO Affairs, and [[Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment]].<ref name=11MAR2002>{{Cite web|title=Khaleda reshuffles cabinet|url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/khaleda-reshuffles-cabinet-1.380812|website=gulfnews.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25|date=2002-03-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Representation of women reduced to half|url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/representation-of-women-reduced-to-half-1.427101|website=gulfnews.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref><ref name=6MAY2004>{{Cite web|title=Portfolios of eight ministers changed|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/05/07/d4050701022.htm|access-date=2020-09-09|publisher=The Daily Star|date=2004-05-07}}</ref><ref name=9JUL2006>{{Cite web|title=Portfolios of 2 state ministers changed|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/07/10/d60710013124.htm|access-date=2020-09-23|publisher=The Daily Star|date=2006-07-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=HR workers against indemnity to law enforcers|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/11/30/d4113001044.htm|accessdate=19 February 2018|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Govt sets 10pc industrial growth target by 2006|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/07/31/d30731050451.htm|accessdate=19 February 2018|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Explore job market for migrant workers|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/09/25/d60925060680.htm|accessdate=19 February 2018|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref>

==Career==
Azad was elected from [[Tangail-3]] as a candidate of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP) in 1991, 1996, and 2001. In the three elections he beat [[Shamsur Rahman Khan Shahjahan]], candidate of [[Bangladesh Awami League]] and his cousin.<ref>{{cite news|title=Prospective candidates busy wooing voters for next JS polls|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/131609|accessdate=19 February 2018|publisher=The Independent}}</ref> 

On 2 January 2010, Azad was appointed as one of the international affairs secretaries of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.<ref>{{cite news|title=Delwar stays secy general|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-120112|accessdate=19 February 2018|work=The Daily Star|date=2 January 2010|language=en}}</ref>

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