Abu Talib Muhammad Abdul Wahab | |
Office: | Member of Parliament of Magura-1 |
Term Start: | 2015 |
Term End: | 30 December 2018 |
Predecessor: | Muhammad Serajul Akbar |
Successor: | Saifuzzaman Shikhor |
Birth Date: | 29 December 1946 |
Birth Place: | Magura, Bengal, British India |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Office2: | Chairman, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) |
Allegiance: | (before 1971) |
Branch: | Bangladesh Rifles |
Serviceyears: | 1969 - 2003 |
Unit: | East Bengal Regiment |
Rank: | Major General |
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Battles: | Bangladesh Liberation War |
A. T. M. Abdul Wahab (Bengali: এ টি এম আব্দুল ওয়াহাব) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of parliament from Magura-1.
Wahab was born on 29 December 1946.[1] He fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war as the sub-sector commander of Sector Eight.[2]
Wahab retired from Bangladesh Army with the rank of major general. He wrote a book, Mukti Bahini Wins Victory: Military Oligarchy Divides Pakistan in 1971, about the history of the Bangladesh Liberation war.[3]
Wahab was elected to parliament in 2015 from Magura-1 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Awami League in a by-election.[4] The by-election were called after the death of the incumbent member of parliament, Muhammad Serajul Akbar.[5] He was selected out of 17 potential candidates interviewed by Awami League Parliamentary Board.[6]