Abdur Rahman (Noakhali politician)

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Abdur Rahman
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
In office
1973–1976
Succeeded byMoudud Ahmed
Personal details
Died1981
Political partyBangladesh Awami League

Abdur Rahman is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Noakhali-5. He was a jute workers union leader.[1]

Early life[edit]

Rahman was born in Senbagh Upazila, Noakhali District.[2]

Career[edit]

Rahman worked at a Jute mill in Narsingdi owned by Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation and where he was a union leader.[2] He had founded the Pakistan Jute Mills Labour Union in the 1960s.[2]

Rahman was elected to parliament from Noakhali-5 as an Awami League candidate in 1973.[3] He was affiliated with Bangladesh Chatkal Sramik Federation which was aligned with the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League and went into decline after the government collapsed in 1975.[1]

Rahman was assassinated in 1981 after attending a meeting on the Labor Act.[2][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Countries, International Center for Public Enterprises in Developing (1980). Workers' Self-management and Participation in Decision-making as a Factor of Social Change and Economic Progress in Developing Countries: Bangladesh, Malta, Peru, Yugoslavia. ICPE. p. 72.
  2. ^ a b c d AHMAD, IQBAL (2013-04-09). INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND LABOUR MANAGEMENT OF BANGLADESH. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4269-9652-8.
  3. ^ ""List of 1st Parliament Members"" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ^ Abdur Rahman Dead. India: Asian Labour. 1981. p. 17.