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| Office | Member of Parliament
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| Term start | 20 December 2008 |
| Term end | 6 August 2024 |
| Predecessor | Gazi Shahjahan Jwel
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| Constituency | Chittagong-11
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| Born | 1955-03-10 (age 71) |
| Born | Chittagong, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
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| Nationality | Bangladeshi
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| Political party | Bangladesh Awami League
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| Children | Omar Hajjaj
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| Occupation | Businessman, politician
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M. Abdul Latif is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-11 constituencies.
He is also a trade leader and a former president of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He was board president of Chittagong based football club Chittagong Abahani.
Early life
Latif was born on 10 March 1955.[1] He has completed his Diploma in leather technology.[1]
Career
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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 M. Abdul Latif Biography. Amarmp. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Electoral Area Result Statistics. Amarmp. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ↑ M. Abdul Latif History. Amarmp. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ↑ Chattogram-11 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018. The Daily Star(2018-11-25). Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ↑ Bangladesh has achieved self-sufficiency in fish production. The Daily Star(7 June 2018). Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ↑ Chittagong MP MA Latif slapped with Tk 10bn defamation suit for 'distorting' Bangabandhu's photo. Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ↑ National polls: Father, son face-off in Chattogram-11. The Daily Star(2023-11-29). Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ↑ Mayor Rezaul summoned for campaigning in favour of AL's Ctg-11 candidate. The Business Standard(2023-12-06). Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ↑ Finally, a part of the Chittagong Metropolitan Awami League came to the field in favor of MP. Latif. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ↑ চট্টগ্রাম-১১ | জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ২০২৪ | Dhaka Post. dhakapost.com. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ↑ Winners in 12th national polls. bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Ex-Ctg MP Latif in army custody. The Daily Star(2024-08-10). Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ↑ Ex-MP MA Latif taken into army custody. The Business Standard(2024-08-10). Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 কারাগারের শৌচাগারে পড়ে মাথায় আঘাত, হাসপাতালে এম এ লতিফ. Prothom Alo(2024-10-08). Retrieved 2024-10-08.
- ↑ Ex-MP MA Latif placed on 3-day remand. The Business Standard(2024-08-17). Retrieved 2024-10-08.