MA Latif explained

Muhammad Abdul Latif
Office:	Member of 1st Jatiya Sangsad
Term Start:	7 March 1973
Term End:	6 November 1976
Successor:	Mohammad Abdul Haque
Constituency:	Sylhet-10
Birth Place:	Ganglazur, Zakiganj, Sylhet district
Party:	Awami League

Muhammad Abdul Latif (bn|মোহম্মদ আব্দুল লতিফ), also known as MA Latif, was a Bangladeshi politician and former Member of Parliament. He represented the Awami League in the Sylhet-10 constituency following the country's first general elections.

Early life and family

Abdul Latif was born into a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Ganglazur in Zakiganj (then under Karimganj subdivision), Sylhet district.

Career

In the Pakistan period, Abdul Latif participated in the Bengali Language Movement and six point movement, and became a freedom fighter during the Bangladesh Liberation War.^[1] Following independence, the first general elections were held in 1973, with Abdul Latif winning as an Awami League candidate in the Sylhet-10 constituency.^[2]

He died in Bangladesh.

Notes and References

Web site: জকিগঞ্জ উপজেলাঃ প্রখ্যাত ব্যক্তিত্ব. 28 August 2019. Bangladesh National Portal. https://archive.today/20190922044712/http://zakiganj.sylhet.gov.bd/site/page/2b138377-0757-11e7-a6c5-286ed488c766/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%20%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC. 22 September 2019. bn. 22 September 2019.
Web site: "List of 1st Parliament Members" . Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). . 24 March 2021.