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<div>{{Short description|Member of Parliament}}<br />
{{Other people||Rafiqul Islam (disambiguation){{!}}Rafiqul Islam}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Rafiqul Islam<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Bir Uttom]]<br />
| native_name = রফিকুল ইসলাম<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| image = Rafiqul Islam, Bangladeshi politician.jpg<br />
| caption = Islam in 2019<br />
| constituency_MP = [[Chandpur-5]]<br />
| parliament = Bangladesh<br />
| term_start = 25 January 2009<br />
| term_end = 6 August 2024<br />
| predecessor = [[M. A. Matin (Chandpur politician)|M. A. Matin]]<br />
| term_start1 = 14 July 1996<br />
| term_end1 = 13 July 2001<br />
| predecessor1 = M. A. Matin<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|09|13|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chandpur District|Chandpur]], [[Bengal Presidency]], British India<br />
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<br />
| allegiance = {{BAN}}<br />{{PAK}} (before 1971)<br />
| branch = {{army|Bangladesh}}<br />{{army|Pakistan}}<br />
| service_years = 1965-1972<br />
| unit = [[Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers|Corps of Engineers]]<br />[[Pakistan Army Artillery Corps|Regiment of Artillery]]<br />
| rank = [[Major (rank)|Major]]<br />
| commands = *Commander of [[List of sectors in the Bangladesh Liberation War|Sector – I]]<br />
| battles = [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]<br />
| awards = [[Bir Uttom]]<ref>[https://www.molwa.gov.bd/site/page/3f3b7628-3ac7-4927-bf6f-c9203fae601f/Bir-Uttam Bangladesh Gazette of 15 December 1973; Ministry of Liberation War Affairs]</ref><br />
}}<br />
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'''Rafiqul Islam''' (born 13 September 1943) is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and a former [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Chandpur-5]] constituency.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Rafiqul Islam was born on 13 September 1943, in Naora village, located in Shahrasti municipality of Chandpur district. He passed his SSC from Annada High School in 1959 and his HSC from Victoria College, Comilla. He was admitted in the Dhaka University in economics but later dropped out as he joined the Army in 1963.<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:খেতাবপ্রাপ্ত বীর মুক্তিযোদ্ধা: মোহাম্মদ রফিকুল ইসলাম, বীর উত্তম |url=https://bangla.thedailystar.net/সংস্কৃতি/ইতিহাস-ঐতিহ্য/ইতিহাস/খেতাবপ্রাপ্ত-বীর-মুক্তিযোদ্ধা-মোহাম্মদ-রফিকুল-ইসলামবীর-উত্তম-307991 |access-date=2026-02-26 |date=2022-01-24 |work=The Daily Star |language=bn}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
===Pakistan Army===<br />
Islam joined the Army in 1963. He was commissioned in 1965 in [[Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers|Corps of Engineers]]. Later he was transferred to [[Pakistan Army Artillery Corps|Regiment of Artillery]]. In 1968 he was deputed to East Pakistan Rifles and was appointed the assistant wing commander of 8th Wing of EPR. In 1970 he was transferred to Chittagong EPR sector HQ as its Adjutant.<br />
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===Liberation War of Bangladesh===<br />
[[File:Sheikh Hasina awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award 2019, Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2020, Dhaka, 2020-02-02 (PID-0034445).jpg|thumb|Islam receiving 2019 Bangla Academy Literary Award]]<br />
He was Sector Commander of Number 1 Sector of Bangladesh Liberation War in<br />
1971. Number 1 sector included all areas east of the Muhuri river in Feni<br />
district, Khagrachari district, Rangamati district, Bandarban district,<br />
Chittagong district and Cox's Bazar district, extending up to the western border of Myanmar.<br />
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===Government===<br />
He served for over 14 years as the Chairman of the following <br />
government organizations: Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority, Bangladesh Handloom Board, and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation.<br />
Afterwards, he was nominated and included in the 1st Caretaker Government of<br />
Bangladesh as Advisor during 1990–1991, and was given the responsibility of the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of<br />
Civil Aviation and Tourism.<br />
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===Politician===<br />
He joined the Bangladesh Awami League and ran for political office. He was elected<br />
a member of Bangladesh Parliament in July, 1996 from 264-Chandpur-5 (Hajigonj-Shahrasti Upazillas).<ref name=amarmp>{{cite web |title=Major Rafiqul Islam (Retd.) Bir Uttam |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/715/biography |website=Amarmp |accessdate=2019-01-23}}</ref><br />
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He was re-elected to the parliament in 2008, 2014 and 2018 from [[Chandpur-5]] constituency as a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] candidate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Major Rafiqul Islam (Retd.) Bir Uttam |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/715/history |website=Amarmp |accessdate=15 November 2018}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:7th Jatiya Sangsad members]]<br />
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[[Category:Advisers of Shahabuddin Ahmed ministry]]<br />
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[[Category:Politicians from Chittagong Division]]<br />
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