Latifur Rahman (1 March 1936 – 6 June 2017) was the 10th Chief Justice and the 2nd Chief Adviser of Bangladesh.

Early life and education

Rahman was born in

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on 1 March 1936. His father was the lawyer Khan Bahadur Lutfur Rahman. His maternal uncle Nurul Huda served as a High Court judge. He earned his master's in English literature at the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

in 1956 and later completed his bachelor's in law from the same university. He served as a faculty member of Shahid Suhrawardy College.

Career

Rahman started his lawyer career with the Dhaka High Court membership in 1960. He was an apprentice to Bangladesh's first

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MH Khandaker. He became a permanent High Court judge in 1981 and an Appellate Division judge on January 15, 1990. Rahman became the Chief Justice on 1 January 2000 and retired from the position on 28 February 2001. He was the chief adviser of the

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from 15 July 2001 to 10 October 2001 which oversaw the eighth parliamentary election in Bangladesh. Rahman died at Samorita Hospital in Dhaka on 6 June 2017.

Publication

* "Tattabadhayak Sarkarer Dinguli O Amar Katha (The Days of the Caretaker Government and My Account)" (2014)

References

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