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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Abu Talib Muhammad Abdul Wahab<br />
| office = Member of Parliament of [[Magura-1]]<br />
| term_start = 2015<br />
| term_end = 30 December 2018<br />
| predecessor = [[Muhammad Serajul Akbar]]<br />
| successor = [[Saifuzzaman Shikhor]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|12|29|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Magura District|Magura]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| death_date =<br />
| death_place =<br />
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<br />
| office2 = Chairman, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS)<br />
| allegiance = {{PAK}} (before 1971)<br />{{BAN}}<br />
| branch = {{army|Pakistan}}<br />{{army|Bangladesh}}<br />{{flagicon image|বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের পতাকা.svg}} [[Border Guards Bangladesh|Bangladesh Rifles]]<br />
| serviceyears = 1969 – 2003<br />
| unit = [[East Bengal Regiment]]<br />
| rank = [[File:Bangladesh-army-OF-7.svg|20px]] [[Major general (Bangladesh)|Major General]]<br />[[File:BD Army Major General Star Plate.svg|20px]]<br />
| commands = *Sub-commander of [[List of sectors in the Bangladesh Liberation War|Sector – VIII]]<br />
* Station Commander, [[Comilla Cantonment|Comilla]]<br />
* Commander of [[9th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)|81st Infantry Brigade]]<br />
* Deputy Director of [[Bangladesh Rifles]]<br />
* Commander of [[Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment|309th Infantry Brigade]]<br />
* GOC of [[Jessore Cantonment|55th Infantry Division]]<br />
| battles = [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''A. T. M. Abdul Wahab''' ({{langx|bn|এ টি এম আব্দুল ওয়াহাব}}) is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and a former member of parliament from [[Magura-1]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Wahab was born on 29 December 1946.<ref>{{cite web |title=Major General ATM Abdul Wahab (Rtd.) Biography |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/318/biography |website=Amarmp |accessdate=8 November 2018}}</ref> He fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war as the sub-sector commander of Sector Eight.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2016/05/01/149264.php |title=Tribute to a liberation war hero |work=The Daily Observer |access-date=9 November 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Wahab retired from [[Bangladesh Army]] with the rank of major general. He wrote a book, ''Mukti Bahini Wins Victory: Military Oligarchy Divides Pakistan in 1971'', about the history of the [[Bangladesh Liberation war]].<ref>{{cite news |title='Civilian FFs should have been entitled Bir Sreshtha' |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/03/21/d60321061574.htm |accessdate=9 November 2018 |work=The Daily Star |archive-date=9 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109111934/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/03/21/d60321061574.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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Wahab was elected to parliament in 2015 from Magura-1 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Awami League in a by-election.<ref>{{cite web |title=Major General ATM Abdul Wahab (Rtd.) History |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/318/history |website=Amarmp |accessdate=8 November 2018}}</ref> The by-election were called after the death of the incumbent member of parliament, [[Muhammad Serajul Akbar]].<ref>{{cite news |title=AL nominates Wahab for May 30 Magura-1 by-poll |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/al-nominates-wahab-may-30-magura-1-poll-79706 |accessdate=9 November 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=29 April 2015 |language=en}}</ref> He was selected out of 17 potential candidates interviewed by Awami League Parliamentary Board.<ref>{{cite news |title=Abdul Wahab gets AL ticket |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2015/04/29/86278.php |accessdate=9 November 2018 |work=The Daily Observer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070906/http://www.observerbd.com/2015/04/29/86278.php |archive-date=9 November 2018}}</ref><br />
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In June 2021, [[Transparency International Bangladesh]] reported widespread corruption, mismanagement, and political interference at the [[Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2023-06-26 |title=It’s plagued by irregularities, corruption |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/its-plagued-irregularities-corruption-3355816 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630155517/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/its-plagued-irregularities-corruption-3355816 |archive-date=30 June 2023 |access-date=2025-06-30 |work=The Daily Star |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> The report blamed the chairman of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society Wahab.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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