Golam Shabbir Sattar | |
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গোলাম সাব্বির সাত্তার | |
Vice Chancellor of Rajshahi University | |
Assumed office 29 August 2022 | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Mizanuddin |
Succeeded by | Professor Dr. Golam Shabbir Sattar [1] |
In office 26 February 2009 –25 February 2013 | |
Preceded by | Mumnunul Keramat (acting) [2] |
Personal details | |
Born | 1953 (age 69–70) Natore District,East Bengal,Dominion of Pakistan |
Occupation | Professor |
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Sobhan was born in 1953 in Natore District. [3]
Sobhan was first appointed vice chancellor in February 2009. After the term of his successor,Muhammad Mizanuddin,Sobhan was appointed to a second four-year term in May 2017. [4] The Daily Star in a 2010 report stated that Sobhan had good relations with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and supported their student organization on campus. [5]
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