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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
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{{infobox officeholder
|name= A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton
|native_name = এ. এইচ. এম. খায়রুজ্জামান লিটন
|image= A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton.jpg
|caption= Liton in 2014
|title=12th [[Mayor of Rajshahi]]
|predecessor=[[Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/06/15/bulbul-wins-rajshahi-mayor-race|title=Bulbul wins Rajshahi Mayor race|website=bdnews24.com|date=2013-06-15|access-date=2018-07-16}}</ref>
|term_start=30 July 2018
|term_start1=4 August 2008
|term_end1=15 June 2013
|primeminister1 =
|predecessor1 = [[Mizanur Rahman Minu]]
|successor1 = [[Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul]]
|primeminister =
|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1959|8|14}}
|birth_place=[[Rajshahi District]], [[East Pakistan]], Pakistan
|party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
|spouse = Shaheen Akhtar Reni
|children = 2 Daughter
|nationality=Bangladeshi
|occupation=politician
|alma_mater=[[University of Calcutta]]
|father=[[Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman]]
}}

'''A. H. M. Khairuzzaman Liton''' (born 14 August 1959) is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] presidium member<ref>{{Cite web|last=BSS|title=Khairuzzaman Liton made AL presidium member|url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/politics/khairuzzaman-liton-made-al-presidium-member|access-date=2021-12-07|website=Prothomalo|language=en}}</ref> who was mayor of [[Rajshahi City Corporation]] during 2008–2013.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2008/08/04/rajshahi-goes-to-khairuzzaman|title=Rajshahi goes to Khairuzzaman|website=bdnews24.com|access-date=2018-07-16|date=2008-08-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-09-01&nid=22077 |title=RCC to establish university |publisher=[[New Age (Bangladesh)|New Age]] |access-date=2013-05-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005163822/http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-09-01&nid=22077 |archive-date=2012-10-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/nagorik-committee-backs-liton/ | title=Nagorik Committee backs Liton | newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] | access-date=2013-05-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www1.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=274415$date=2012-08-25&dateCurrent=2012-09-01 |title=Liton to contest in next Mayoral election |work=[[Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha]] |access-date=2013-05-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201747/http://www1.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=274415%24date%3D2012-08-25&dateCurrent=2012-09-01 |archive-date=2013-10-29 }}</ref>
He again got a landslide victory in the 30 July 2018 [[Rajshahi City Corporation]] election. As per results of the total 138 polling centres, Liton bagged a total of 1,65,096 votes while his nearest contestant Bulbul got 77, 700 votes.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thedailystar.net/rajshahi-city-election-2018/awami-league-claims-khairuzzaman-liton-winner-in-rajshahi-city-election-2018-1613500 | title=Rajshahi City Election 2018. Liton wins RCC polls | newspaper=The Daily Star | access-date=2022-01-10 | date=2018-07-30}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Liton was born at Kadirganj in [[Rajshahi District]] on 14 August 1959. His father, [[Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman|A.H.M. Kamaruzzaman]], was one of the national leaders of Bangladesh.<ref name="erajshahi" /> He was a student of [[Rajshahi Collegiate School]] from class 3 to class 7. In 1976, he passed his HS Exam from Narendrapur Ramkrishna Mission. He completed his bachelor's from the [[University of Calcutta]] in English in 1979. He completed [[Bachelor of Laws]] from [[University of Rajshahi]] in 1983.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

==Political career==
In 1985, Liton became a Bar Council Member. In 1986, he joined [[Bangladesh Awami League]]. He took part in the general elections in [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|1996]] and [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|2001]] from the constituency of [[Rajshahi-2]] (Poba-Boalia). He was the president of Rajshahi City Awami League until he was nominated as AL presidium member.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bangladeshinfo|title=Khairuzzaman Liton made Awami League Presidium Member|url=https://www.bangladeshinfo.com/index.php/article/8706/khairuzzaman-liton-made-awami-league-presidium-member|access-date=2021-12-07|website=www.bangladeshinfo.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name="erajshahi">{{cite web | url=http://www.erajshahi.gov.bd/profile/profile.php?cmd=details&type=mayor | title=Mayor's Profile | publisher=City portal of Rajshahi | access-date=2013-05-22 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719001454/http://www.erajshahi.gov.bd/profile/profile.php?cmd=details&type=mayor | archive-date=19 July 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

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