This is a list of notable people from the Rangpur City, Bangladesh.
Politics of Bangladesh takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Bangladesh is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The Constitution of Bangladesh was written in 1972, and has undergone seventeen amendments.
Hussain Muhammad Ershad was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the leader of Bangladesh from 1982 to 1990, ruling as an unelected military strongman from 1982 to 1983 and as president of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990.
Abdus Sattar was a Bangladeshi statesman. A leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he served as the president of Bangladesh from 1981 to 1982, and earlier as the vice president. A jurist by profession, Abdus Sattar held numerous constitutional and political offices in British India, East Pakistan and Bangladesh. He was a cabinet minister, supreme court judge, and chief election commissioner.
Shah Azizur Rahman was a Bangladeshi politician who served as the prime minister of Bangladesh. However, he was the subject of considerable controversy for his collaboration with the Pakistan Army against the struggle for the independence of Bangladesh.
The Jatiya Party (Bengali: জাতীয় পার্টি, romanized: Jatiyo Party, lit. 'National Party'; JaPa or JP(E)) is a political party in Bangladesh. The current chairman of the party is Ghulam Muhammed Quader. On 3 January 2019, the party announced its decision to join the Bangladesh Awami League-led Grand Alliance after having been in opposition for the previous parliamentary term. However, the party backtracked the next day and announced that it intended to remain part of the opposition. Currently, it holds Rangpur out of Bangladesh's 12 city corporations.
Rangpur is a district in Northern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Rangpur Division.
Bangladesh has undergone several changes of government since the Proclamation of Independence in 1971. Between the first recorded uprising in August 1975 and the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles revolt, Bangladesh has been through as many as 29 military coups.
The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal is a political party in Bangladesh. The party was founded by Serajul Alam Khan. It party was dominant during the 1972–1975 Bangladesh insurgency.
The history of Bangladesh (1971–present) refers to the period after the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan.
Mashiur Rahman, also known as Jadu Mia, was a senior minister, with the rank and status of prime minister in charge of the Ministry of Railways, Roads and Highways of Bangladesh from 29 June 1978 to 12 March 1979. He was the founder of Bangladesh Jatyiotabadi Dal, the whole process of transition to multi-party democracy was his brainchild. He named the party and the election symbol was given to the party from his party NAP. He also made the formal Declaration of Independence of Bangladesh from his party NAP, on the 23 March 1971, when Sheikh Mujib was still negotiating for the premiership of Pakistan with the military junta of Pakistan, not giving the formal declaration despite people's determination for a free, independent country.
Meghna Bank PLC. is a fourth-generation bank headquartered in Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established on May 9, 2013, by entrepreneur and politician H. N. Ashequr Rahman, the bank has been in operation for a decade.
Shawfikul Ghaani Swapan was a Bangladeshi politician and the chairman of the Bangladesh National Awami Party-Bangladesh NAP. During his political career, he served as a member of parliament twice, and held cabinet positions in both the Zia and Ershad governments. His positions included serving as the state minister of defence, state minister of youth and sports, minister of civil aviation and tourism, and minister of housing and public works.
Shah Moazzem Hossain was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the last deputy prime minister of Bangladesh. He was elected as the Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rangpur-6 constituency as a Jatiya Party candidate in a by-election in September 1991 and served until November 1995.
Rangpur-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh. Since 6 August 2024 The constituency is vacant.
Rahgir Almahe Ershad, better known as Saad Ershad, is a Bangladeshi businessman and politician belonging to Jatiya Party. He is the former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Rangpur-3 constituency. His father Hussain Muhammad Ershad was a former president of Bangladesh and his mother Rowshan Ershad is the current leader of the opposition of the Jatiya Sangsad. On 29 October 2019, he was appointed the joint secretary general of the Jatiya Party.
Mohammad Abdus Sattar, known as M. A. Sattar, was a prominent Bangladeshi business magnate and politician. He was the founding chairman and managing director of Sattar & Company Ltd., Sattar Jute Mills Ltd., Hasna Shipbuilding & Navigation Ltd., and Rangpur Industries Ltd. In the 1980s, Sattar held several cabinet ministry positions, was elected as a member of parliament twice, and was chief whip in President Ershad's government from 1988 to 1990.