Md. Atiur Rahman Atik Explained

Atiur Rahman Atik
Native Name:আতিউর রহমান আতিক
Native Name Lang:bn
Term Start:12 June 1996
Term End:29 January 2024
Predecessor:Nazrul Islam
Birth Date:[1]
Party:Bangladesh Awami League
Successor:Chanuar Hossain Chanu
Office:Member of Parliament
Constituency:Sherpur-1
Honorific Prefix:MP

Atiur Rahman Atik is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Member of Parliament from Sherpur-1. He belongs to the Bangladesh Awami League Party.

Early life

Atik was born on 1 December 1957. He has a B.A. degree.[2]

Career

Atik was elected to Jatiya Sangsad 5 times in 1996, 2001, 2008, 2014 and 2018 general elections from Sherpur-1 constituency.

In the 2024 general election he got the Awami League nomination but lost the election to Chanuar Hossain Chanu an Independent candidate from his own party.

On 6 May 2016, Bangladesh Election Commission asked him to remove himself from his own constituency area for violating electoral code of conduct.[3] On 17 April 2018, he was investigated by Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission after Bangladesh High Court ordered an investigation.[4]

He is two times whip of the parliament. He has become the President of Bangladesh Awami League, Sherpur Jilla shakha for three times.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituency 143_11th_En. 27 May 2021. Bangladesh Parliament.
  2. Web site: Md. Atiur Rahman Atik -মোঃ আতিউর রহমান আতিক Biography . Amarmp . 23 December 2018 . en.
  3. News: EC orders Whip Atik to leave Sherpur constituency for breaching UP polls code . 23 December 2018 . bdnews24.com.
  4. News: Sherpur-1 MP removed from constituency by EC . 23 December 2018 . Ittefaq . 6 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181224031224/https://www.clickittefaq.com/sherpur-1-mp-removed-constituency-ec/ . 24 December 2018 . dead .
  5. News: ACC interrogates whip Atik . 23 December 2018 . Dhaka Tribune . 17 April 2018.