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M. Abdul Latif
এম. আবদুল লতিফ
Abdul Latif in 2016
Member of Parliament
In office
5 January 2014 – 6 August 2024
Preceded byShamsul Haque Chowdhury
ConstituencyChittagong-11
In office
20 December 2008 – 4 January 2014
Preceded byMorshed Khan
Succeeded byMuhammad Afsarul Ameen
ConstituencyChittagong-10
Personal details
Born (1955-03-10) March 10, 1955 (age 69)
Chittagong, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyAwami League
OccupationBusinessman, politician

M. Abdul Latif is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Chittagong-11 and Chittagong-10 constituencies.

He is also a trade leader and a former president of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He is the current board president of Chittagong based football club Chittagong Abahani.        

Early life

Latif was born on 10 March 1955. He has completed his Diploma in leather technology.

Career

Latif first entered the political arena as a member of parliament from the constituency Chittagong-10 as an Awami League candidate. He received 164,591 votes while his nearest rival, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 141,946 votes.

Latif was re-elected to Parliament on 5 January 2014 from Chittagong-11 as an Awami League candidate. He received 283,169 votes while his nearest rival, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 141,946 votes. He was a member of the treasury bench in parliament.

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.

In January 2024, Latif was the Awami League candidate for Chittagong-11 while his son Omar Hajjaj stood against him as an independent candidate. The Bangladesh Election Commission summoned Mayor Rezaul Karim Chowdhury of Chattogram City Corporation for campaigning for Latif violating Code of Conduct for Parliamentary Elections. The Mayor had spoken at rally of the Chittagong City unit of Awami League along with other councilors of the city corporation. He won the election and was elected to the 12th parliament.

Latif was taken in custody of Bangladesh Army on 10 August 2024 after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government. 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. He was arrested on 17 August 2024. He was placed in three day remand. He received a head injury in prison and underwent surgery.

References

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  5. "Bangladesh has achieved self-sufficiency in fish production". The Daily Star. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  6. "Chittagong MP MA Latif slapped with Tk 10bn defamation suit for 'distorting' Bangabandhu's photo". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  7. "National polls: Father, son face-off in Chattogram-11". The Daily Star. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  8. "Mayor Rezaul summoned for campaigning in favour of AL's Ctg-11 candidate". The Business Standard. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
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  10. "চট্টগ্রাম-১১ | জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ২০২৪ | Dhaka Post". dhakapost.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  11. "Winners in 12th national polls". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Ex-Ctg MP Latif in army custody". The Daily Star. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  13. "Ex-MP MA Latif taken into army custody". The Business Standard. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  14. ^ "কারাগারের শৌচাগারে পড়ে মাথায় আঘাত, হাসপাতালে এম এ লতিফ". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 8 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  15. "Ex-MP MA Latif placed on 3-day remand". The Business Standard. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
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