Ataur Rahman Khan (BNP politician)

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Preceded byAtaur Rahman Khan
Succeeded byMasood Helali
Ataur Rahman Khan
Member of Bangladesh Parliament
In office
1991–1996
Preceded byAtaur Rahman Khan
Succeeded byMasood Helali
Personal details
Born20th-century
PartyBangladesh Nationalist Party

Ataur Rahman Khan (Bengali: আতাউর রহমান খাঁন) is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Kishoreganj-3.

Khan was a founding member of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh.

Khan was a founding member of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh.[1] In 1988, on a tour with senior leaders of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh, he visited Afghanistan and met with Osama bin Laden.[2][1] They had flown to Pakistan, where they were hosted by Qari Saifullah Akhtar and were driven by Abdur Rahman Shahi, a Bangladeshi mujahadeen, to Afghanistan.[1]

Khan was elected to parliament from Kishoreganj-3 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1991.[3] He received 57,671 votes, while his nearest rival, Md. Fazlur Rahman of the Awami League, received 40,205 votes.[3]

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