M. Abdul Latif | |
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এম. আবদুল লতিফ | |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 5 January 2014 –6 August 2024 | |
Preceded by | Shamsul Haque Chowdhury |
Constituency | Chittagong-11 |
In office 20 December 2008 –4 January 2014 | |
Preceded by | Morshed Khan |
Succeeded by | Muhammad Afsarul Ameen |
Constituency | Chittagong-10 |
Personal details | |
Born | Chittagong,East Bengal,Dominion of Pakistan | March 10,1955
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Awami League |
Occupation | Businessman,politician |
M. Abdul Latif is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-11 and Chittagong-10 constituencies.
He is also a trade leader and a former president of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce &Industry. He is the current board president of Chittagong based football club Chittagong Abahani.
Latif was born on 10 March 1955. [1] He has completed his Diploma in leather technology. [1]
Latif first entered the political arena as a member of parliament from the constituency Chittagong-10 as an Awami League candidate. [2] He received 164,591 votes while his nearest rival,Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party,received 141,946 votes. [2]
Latif was re-elected to Parliament on 5 January 2014 from Chittagong-11 as an Awami League candidate. [3] He received 283,169 votes while his nearest rival,Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party,received 141,946 votes. [4] He was a member of the treasury bench in parliament. [5]
Awami League activist Saifuddin Rabi sued Latif in February 2016 for allegedly putting distorted photos of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on posters and called him a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami infiltrator. [6]
In January 2024,Latif was the Awami League candidate for Chittagong-11 while his son Omar Hajjaj stood against him as an independent candidate. [7] The Bangladesh Election Commission summoned Mayor Rezaul Karim Chowdhury of Chattogram City Corporation for campaigning for Latif violating Code of Conduct for Parliamentary Elections. [8] The Mayor had spoken at rally of the Chittagong City unit of Awami League along with other councilors of the city corporation. [9] He won the election and was elected to the 12th parliament. [10] [11]
Latif was taken in custody of Bangladesh Army on 10 August 2024 after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government. [12] The Army did so to protect him from the activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party who were trying to attack him as he was returning from a mosque after Friday prayers. [12] [13] He was arrested on 17 August 2024. [14] He was placed in three day remand. [15] He received a head injury in prison and underwent surgery. [14]
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