Arfanul Haque Rifat is a Bangladeshi

Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people. The adjective appears in the following proper names: *Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan *Awami Front, wa ...

politician who is the incumbent mayor of

Comilla City Corporation Cumilla City Corporation is a self-governed municipal administration in Bangladesh that administers and oversees development and maintenance works in the city of Cumilla. The corporation covers an area of over 53.84 square kilometers in the Cumi ...

. Rifat is serving as the general secretary of Comilla city unit Awami League since 2017.

Career

Rifat joined the

Chhatra League The Bangladesh Chhatra League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ছাত্রলীগ; translation: Bangladesh Students' League; BSL), formerly known as the East Pakistan Student League, often simply called the Chhatra League, is a students' po ...

in 1976 and became president of its Comilla city unit after two years. He also served as a senior vice-president of the district unit of

Jubo League The Bangladesh Awami Jubo League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী যুবলীগ) commonly known as the Jubo League, is the first youth organization of Bangladesh founded by Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani. It is the youth wing o ...

. He is serving as District Football Association president since 2010. In 2022 Cumilla City Corporation election, Rifat defeated his closest rival former BNP leader

Monirul Haque Sakku Monirul Haque Sakku is a Bangladeshi politician and the first and immediate past mayor of the Cumilla City Corporation as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist party. On 19 May 2022, he has been expelled permanently from BNP for breaching party ...

by a margin of only 343 votes. He takes oath on 5 June 2022 by Prime Minister

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...

as 2nd Mayor of Cumilla City Corporation (CUSIC).

Controversies

Rifat was listed number one patrons of drug dealers and smugglers in Cumilla according to a government agency which was listed by prime ministers office in 2018, according to ''The Daily Star'', ''Vorer Kagoj'', ''Prothom Alo'' and other credible media. Though, the leaders of Awami League denied the allegations.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rifat, Arfanul Haque Living people Awami League politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Mayors of Comilla People from Comilla District