Ziaur Rahman Khan (1945/6 – 24 April 2021) was a

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

politician, lawyer and a

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

member representing the Dhaka-13 constituency.

Early life

Khan was born in Balia village of Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka district. His father

Ataur Rahman Khan Ataur Rahman Khan ( bn, আতাউর রহমান খান; 1 July 1907 – 7 December 1991) was a Bangladeshi lawyer, politician and writer, and served as Chief Minister of East Pakistan from 1 September 1956 – March 1958, and as the P ...

was the Chief Minister of East Pakistan in 1956 and the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in 1984.

Career

Barrister Ziaur Rahman Khan was a senior lawyer in the Bangladesh Supreme Court. He was elected to parliament from at that time Dhaka-13 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1991, 15 February 1996, 12 June 1996 and 2001. Ziaur Rahman Khan was defeated from Dhaka-20 constituency as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the ninth parliamentary elections of 2008 and the 11th parliamentary elections of 2018.

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