KM Obaidur Rahman: Difference between revisions

|name=KM Obaidur Rahman

|native_name=কে এম ওবায়দুর রহমান

|native_name_lang = bn

|birth_date={{birth date|1940|5|5|df=y}}

|birth_place=Laskardia village, [[Nagarkanda Upazila]], [[Faridpur District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]

|death_date={{death date and age|2007|3|21|1940|5|5|df=y}}

|death_place=[[Dhaka]], Bangladesh

|father=Khandakar Md. Atiqur Rahman

|alma_mater=[[University of Dhaka]]

|education=MA

'''KM Obaidur Rahman''' (5 May 1940 – 21 March 2007) was a Bangladeshi politician.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://newagebd.net/104891/death-anniv-of-km-obaidur-rahman-today/ | title=Death anniv of KM Obaidur Rahman today | publisher=New Age | date=21 March 2015 | accessdate=26 September 2016}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] in 1973 representing [[Bangladesh Awami League]] and in 1979, 1996 and 2001 representing the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP).<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Rahman, KM Obaidur|chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Rahman,_KM_Obaidur|editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Sobhan |editor2-first=ANM Abdus|title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

In 1973, Rahman was elected a member of the [[1973 Bangladeshi general election|first Jatiya Sangsad]]. He served as the deputy minister in charge of Post and Telegraph from 1973 to 1975.<ref name="bpedia" /> After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, President of Bangladesh, he joined with [[Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad|Khondokar Moshtaque Ahmed]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-246246|title=Bangabandhu's men - on Aug 15 and after|date=2012-08-15|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}</ref> He was an accused in the 1975 [[Jail Killing Day|Jail Killing]] case in which four national leaders of Bangladesh Awami League were killed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/next-date-of-jail-killing-case-hearing-fixed-feb-15|title=Next date of Jail Killing Case hearing fixed Feb 15|date=1999-01-13|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}</ref> Rahman joined the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP) in 1978. He was elected to parliament as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was a member of the cabinet in charge of the Ministry of Fishery and Livestock and later of the Ministry of Aviation and Tourism. From 1986 to 1988 he served as the [[General Secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]. He was elected to parliament in 1996 and in 2001.<ref name=bpedia/> He was acquitted in the Jail Killing case in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/10/22/d41022011813.htm|title=Jail Killing Case|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref> He formed the Janata Party in the 1980s with a ship as its symbol.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/what-khaleda-did-115102|title=What Khaleda Did|date=2015-07-23|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}</ref>

Rahman was married to Professor Shaheda Obaid, who had a daughter named, [[Shama Obaid]]. Rahman became her adopted father.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/daughter-not-allowed-to-visit-obaidur-rahman|title=Daughter not allowed to visit Obaidur Rahman|date=1999-01-25|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2007/03/22/d70322012215.htm|title=KM Obaid passes away|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref> On 18 March 2008 Shahida Obaid was sued by [[Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission]] on graft allegation relating to her chairmanship of [[Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-28477|title=ACC sues Shahida Obaid and 12 senior ex- officials|date=2008-03-19|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}</ref> Shama Obaid contested the [[Faridpur-2]] parliamentary election in 2008 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-66581|title=Shama poses challenge to AL stalwart Sajeda|date=2008-12-08|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-01-24|language=en}}</ref> Shama is the Organizing Secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2017/12/09/bnp-formulas-election-government/|title=BNP ready with three formulas for election-time government |work=Dhaka Tribune |language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-24}}</ref>