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| {{Short description|Member of Parliament}}
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| {{Other people||Major (Retd)Rafiqul Islam , Bir Uttam(disambiguation)}}
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| | name = Major Rafiqul Islam (Retd), Bir Uttam
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| | native_name = রফিকুল ইসলাম
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| | native_name_lang = bn
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| | image = Rafiqul Islam, Bangladeshi politician.jpg
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| | caption = Islam in 2019
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| | constituency_MP = [[Chandpur-5]]
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| | term_start = January 2008
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| | term_start1 = 1996
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| | term_end1 = 2023
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| | predecessor = [[M. A. Matin]]
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| | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|09|13|df=y}}
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| | party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
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| | awards = {{flagicon image|Bir Uttom ribbon bar.svg|20px}} [[Bir Uttom]]<ref>[http://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>
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| Major '''Rafiqul Islam''' {{small|[[Bir Uttam]]}} is a [[Bangladesh Awami League]] politician and the incumbent [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member from [[Chandpur-5]] constituency.
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| ==Early life and career==
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| Rafiqul Islam, was born on September 13, 1943 in the Naora village, located in the Shahrasti municipality of the Chandpur district. He is a Bangladeshi national, brave freedom fighter, writer and popular politician. He
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| was awarded the Bir Uttam (B.U), the highest gallantry award for bravery in battlefield
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| during the Liberation War in 1971.
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| He was Sector Commander of Number 1 Sector of Bangladesh Liberation War in
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| 1971. Number 1 sector included all areas east of the Muhuri river in Feni
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| district, Khagrachari district, Rangamati district, Bandarban district,
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| Chittagong district and Cox’s Bazar district, extending up to the western border of Myanmar.
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| After leaving the army at the end of the Liberation War, he served for over 14 years as the Chairman of the following
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| government organizations: Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority, Bangladesh Handloom Board, and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation.
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| Afterwards, he was nominated and included in the 1st Caretaker Government of
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| Bangladesh as Advisor during 1990-1991, and was given the responsibility of the Ministry of Shipping and the Ministry of
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| Civil Aviation and Tourism. Thereafter, he joined the Bangladesh Awami League and ran for political office. He was elected
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| 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>
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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 2022}}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Awami League politicians]]
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| [[Category:Recipients of the Bir Uttom]]
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| [[Category:7th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
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| [[Category:Mukti Bahini personnel]]
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