| Talukder Abdul Khaleque | |
| Native Name: | তালুকদার আব্দুল খালেক |
| Office: | 5th Mayor of Khulna |
| Term Start: | 20 May 2018 |
| Term End: | 19 August 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Md. Moniruzzaman Moni |
| Successor: | Md. Helal Mahmud Sharif |
| Term Start1: | 14 September 2008 |
| Term End1: | 9 June 2013 |
| Predecessor1: | Md. Moniruzzaman Moni |
| Successor1: | Azmal Ahmed (In Charge) |
| Office2: | Member of Parliament |
| Constituency2: | Bagerhat-3 |
| Term Start2: | 14 January 2014 |
| Term End2: | 5 May 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Habibun Nahar |
| Successor2: | Habibun Nahar |
| Constituency3: | Bagerhat-3 |
| Term Start3: | 12 June 1996 |
| Term End3: | 29 October 2006 |
| Predecessor3: | AU Ahmed |
| Successor3: | Habibun Nahar |
| Constituency4: | Bagerhat-3 |
| Term Start4: | 27 February 1991 |
| Term End4: | 15 February 1996 |
| Predecessor4: | Aftab Uddin Howlader |
| Successor4: | AU Ahmed |
| Birth Date: | 1 June 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Bagerhat, East Pakistan |
| Spouse: | Habibun Nahar |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Residence: | Khulna |
Talukder Abdul Khaleque is a Bangladeshi politician who was elected mayor of Khulna City Corporation on third occasions and former Member of Parliament.
Khaleque served as a member of Parliament from Bagerhat-3 in 1991 as a Awami League candidate.[1] [2] On 23 January 2003, he was sued by the Bureau of Anti-corruption for providing government contracts to his own company.[3]
In August 2008, Khaleque was elected Mayor of Khulna.[4]
Khaleque ran for the Khulna City Corporation on 27 May 2013.[5] He lost to Md. Moniruzzaman Moni, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate. In June 2013, there was a question on him in an exam in Pioneer Secondary Girls School. The school said they bought the question paper from Printing Press.[6] He went on to be elected to parliament from Bagerhat-3 on 5 January 2014.
Khaleque was elected to parliament from Bagerhat-3 in 2018 but resigned to contest the Khulna City Corporation election.[7] He was re-elected as mayor of KCC on 15 May 2018.[8] He denied any irregularities in the election at a press conference in the Khulna Press Club on 16 May.[9] He took charge on 25 September 2018.[10]
Khaleque announced a 504.31 core taka budget for Khulna City Corporation in 2020.[11] He is the President of Khulna unit of Awami League.[12] He filed a case under the Digital Security Act against Khulna journalist Abu Tyeb for a Facebook post he made. Tyeb was arrested on 21 April 2021 under the case.[13] On 13 May 2021, Tyeb was released on bail.[14]
He become the mayor for the third time in Khulna City Corporation (KCC) 2023 elections. He has secured 154,825 votes. His nearest competitor Bangladesh Islami Andolan's Abdul Awal received 60,064 votes.[15]
Following the Non-cooperation movement (2024), Khaleque and most of Khulna's 41 councillors went into hiding on 9 August, causing a paralysis of the city government's functions due to his failure to appoint a substitute.[16]
Khaleque's wife Habibun Nahar is the current Member of Parliament from Bagerhat-3. She was elected unopposed.[17]