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{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Sheikh Tayebur Rahman
|office = [[Khulna City Corporation#List of mayor|Mayor of Khulna]]
|image = Sheikh Tayebur Rahman.jpg
|term_start =
|term_end =
|predecessor =
|successor =
|birth_date = 21 October 1936
|birth_place = [[Bagerhat]], [[East Bengal]], [[British Raj]]
|death_date = 17 October 2015
|death_place = [[Khulna]], [[Bangladesh]]
|party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
}}

'''Sheikh Tayebur Rahman''' is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and the former Mayor of Khulna.<ref>{{cite news|title=I am not afraid, says Khulna mayor Tayebur|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-5842|work=The Daily Star|date=29 September 2007|access-date=8 March 2018|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life==
Rahman was born on 21 October 1936 in [[Bagerhat]], [[East Bengal]], [[British Raj]].<ref name="dailysun">{{cite news|title=Former KCC mayor Tayebur Rahman dies|url=http://www.daily-sun.com/arcprint/details/104048/Former-KCC-mayor-Tayebur-Rahman-dies/2016-01-03|work=The Daily Sun|access-date=8 March 2018|language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Rahman served as the forest and environment affairs secretary of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He served as the Mayor of Khulna of 17 years and ten months in three consecutive terms.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-KCC mayor Tayebur Rahman passes away|url=http://m.banglanews24.com/national/article/48498/Ex-KCC-mayor-Tayebur-Rahman-passes-away|work=Banglanews24.com|access-date=8 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> He was a shareholder and director of [[Destiny Group|Destiny-2000]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Destiny 2000 Ltd. - List of Shareholders|url=http://destiny-2000.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=82|website=destiny-2000.com|accessdate=8 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Destiny chairman, 21 others sued for graft|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-244351|work=The Daily Star|date=1 August 2012|access-date=8 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> He was disqualified from contesting in the 2008 Mayoral election of Khulna as he had been convicted of a crime and the election was won by the Awami League backed candidate [[Md. Moniruzzaman Moni]]. It was the first time since 1973, when [[MA Bari|M.A. Bari]] won, that an Awami League candidate was elected Mayor of Khulna City.<ref>{{cite news|title=AL gets toehold in Barisal, Khulna, Rajshahi cities after decades|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-49326|work=The Daily Star|date=7 August 2008|access-date=8 March 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Maiden AL triumph in Khulna|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-49159|work=The Daily Star|date=6 August 2008|access-date=8 March 2018|language=en}}</ref>

===Corruption===
On 3 November 2007, Rahman was arrested on corruption charges by Bangladesh Police.<ref>{{cite news|title=Khulna mayor Tayebur held on extortion charge|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-10089|work=The Daily Star|date=3 November 2007|access-date=8 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> In 2008, he was sentenced to 17 years in jail in two extortion cases.<ref>{{cite news|title=Detained KCC mayor Tayebur Rahman falls sick|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-50690|work=The Daily Star|date=16 August 2008|access-date=8 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> He was sentenced to 10 years in jail on 26 May 2008 by a court in Khulna.<ref>{{cite news|title=Khulna mayor gets 10 years in another extortion case|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-38395|work=The Daily Star|date=27 May 2008|access-date=8 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> On 30 December 2009, Anti-Corruption Commission sued him for illegally appointing extra employees while serving as the Mayor of Khulna.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-KCC mayor Tayebur faces corruption case|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-119869|work=The Daily Star|date=30 December 2009|access-date=8 March 2018|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Rahman was married to Laila Rahman and they have three daughters and one son together.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-KCC mayor Tayebur Rahman dies|url=http://thedailynewnation.com/news/78876/ex-kcc-mayor-tayebur-rahman-dies.html|work=The New Nation|access-date=8 March 2018|language=en}}</ref>

==Death==
Rahman had a brain stroke on 1 January 2016 and was admitted to Nargis Memorial Clinic in [[Khulna]], [[Bangladesh]]. He died on 3 January 2017.<ref name="dailysun" />

==References==
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