Rahim Ullah ( bn, রহিম উল্লাহ; born 1 March 1958) is a

Bangladeshi Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the ...

politician and the current member of parliament from

Feni-3 Feni-3 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Masud Uddin Chowdhury of the Jatiya Party (Ershad). Boundaries The constituency encompasses Daganbhuiyan and Sonagazi upazilas. His ...

constituency.

Early life

Rahim Ullah was born on 1 March 1958, to a

Bengali Muslim Bengali Muslims ( bn, বাঙালি মুসলমান; ) are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising about two-thirds of the global Bengali population, they are the sec ...

family in Feni,

Noakhali District Noakhali ( bn, নোয়াখালী, , New canal), historically known as Bhulua ( bn, ভুলুয়া), is a district in southeastern Bangladesh, located in the Chittagong Division. It was established as district in 1821, and offici ...

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

Career

Ullah was elected to Parliament from Feni-3 in 2014 Bangladesh General Election. He beat Anwarul Karim of the Jatiya Party in the election. He is the president of Bangladesh Awami League unit of Jeddah. He is a political rival of

Nizam Hazari Nizam Uddin Hazari () is an Awami League politician and member of parliament from Feni-2. Early life Uddin was born on 1 January 1966. He has a B.com degree. His mother was Dil Afroze Begum and his father was Zainal Abedin. Career Uddin st ...

, fellow Bangladesh Awami League politician and Member of Parliament from Feni. On 7 February 2016 his motorcarade was attacked in Feni by

Bangladesh 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 ...

and

Bangladesh 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 ...

. The attack was believed to be a fallout from his rivalry with Nizam Hazari.

References

Awami League politicians Living people 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 1958 births People from Feni District {{AwamiLeague-politician-stub