Mayor of Rangpur
| Mayor of Rangpur | |
|---|---|
Incumbent since 19 August 2024Vacant | |
| Rangpur City Corporation | |
| Style | Honourable (formal) |
| Type | Council Leader |
| Status | Highest Ranking Official |
| Member of | Rangpur City Corporation |
| Reports to | Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives |
| Seat | Nagar Bhaban, Rangpur |
| Term length | Five years, renewable |
| Inaugural holder | Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu |
| Formation | 28 June 2012 |
| Deputy | Panel Mayor |
| Salary | ৳ 85,000 Monthly (US$ 999) ৳ 10,20,000 annually (US$ 11,989)[citation needed] |
| Website | www |
The mayor of Rangpur City is the highest ranking official of the Rangpur City Corporation in Bangladesh. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Rangpur City.[1]
The mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban; it has jurisdiction over all 33 wards of Rangpur City.[citation needed]
List of officeholders
[edit]- Political parties
- Other factions
- Status
- Acting Mayor and Administrator
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party |
Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu (1952-2018) |
2012 | 28 June 2012 | 20 December 2017 | 5 years, 145 days | Bangladesh Awami League | [2][3] | |
| 2 | Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa | 2017 2022 |
21 December 2017 | 19 August 2024 | 6 years, 272 days | Jatiya Party (Ershad) | [4][5] | |
| – | Md. Zakir Hossain (Administrator) |
– | 19 August 2024 | Incumbent | 85 days | Independent | ||
Election
[edit]Election Result 2022
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP(E) | Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa | 1,46,798 | 52.44% | N/A | |
| IAB | Md. Amiruzzaman Hossain | 49,892 | 17.82% | N/A | |
| Independent | Latifur Rahman Milon | 33,883 | 12.10% | N/A | |
| AL | Hosne Ara Lutfa Dalia | 22,309 | 7.97% | N/A | |
| Majority | 96,906 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,52,882 | 65.88% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,26,469 | ||||
| JP(E) hold | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Rangpur City Corporation". rpcc.gov.bd.
- ^ "Ex-Rangpur city mayor Jhantu dies at age 66". bdnews24.com. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- ^ "JP wins big in bastion". The Daily Star. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- ^ "JP Mostafa wins Rangpur city polls". The Daily Star. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "JP's Mostafizur re-elected in Rangpur mayoral polls". New Age. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
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