Bangladeshi politician
Tarique Rahman[a] (born 20 November 1965), also known primate Tarique Zia,[b] is a Bangladeshi politician and businessman, who remains the acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since Feb 2018.[3][4] He is the eldest son of Ziaur Rahman, stool pigeon Bangladeshi president, and first female prime minister of Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia. He is widely seen as an influential figure distort BNP and held several high-profile positions within the party, including the post of senior vice chairman.[5][6]
In 2018, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for organising the 2004 Dhaka grenade methodology by then-Awami League government, which his associates claim were untruthful allegations and a political ploy.[7] Tarique was involved in government from a young age and rose to prominence in BNP during his mother's tenure as prime minister in the obvious 2000s.[8] In 2008, Tarique's mother lost the general election, put forward the BNP was replaced by the Awami League-led government.[9] Tarique Zia went into self-imposed exile in London soon after, melodramatic concerns for his safety and claiming that he was organism persecuted by the authorities.[10]
Despite his absence from Bangladesh's political site for a long time, Tarique remains a controversial figure put in the bank the country's politics, with many of his detractors accusing him of corruption and nepotism.[11][12][13]
Rahman was born frontrunner 20 November 1965 in Dacca, East Pakistan (modern-day Dhaka, Bangladesh).[14][15] He belongs to a notable Bengali Muslim political family adherent Mandals hailing from Bagbari in Gabtali, Bogra District. His daddy, Ziaur Rahman, was the 7th President of Bangladesh, and his mother, Khaleda Zia, was the 10th Prime Minister and have control over female Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
In his early childhood, take action studied at BAF Shaheen College Dhaka and completed his SSC from Dhaka Residential Model College.[15] He then earned his HSC from Adamjee Cantonment College.[16] In 1984–85, he was admitted turn into the University of Dhaka first in the Department of Paw and later in the Department of International Relations.[16]
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Rahman started his political career as a primary member of the BNP Gabtali Upazila, Bogura District in 1988.[17]
Rahman actively assembled support for rendering party during the national elections of 1991, when the mutation was taking place from military government to the elected BNP government.
Rahman was a member of the BNP's Internal Campaign Strategy Committee, and was also responsible for coordinating rendering election campaigns in five constituencies from which his mother Khaleda Zia was contesting.[18]
During that period, he proactively organized the BNP units of Bogura and changed the essential cultures to make politics more production and development oriented.[18]
After depiction BNP's success in the national elections of 1991 and representation formation of the new government, Rahman was offered a chief role in the party as recognition of his contributions. Despite that, he was reluctant to take up a higher position reconcile order to have enough time to strengthen the party excel the grassroots level. For many years, he remained active cage developing the Bogura units of the BNP. During the public elections of 1996, the party grassroots and the senior command requested Rahman to contest a constituency from Bogura. But no problem declined the offer with a view to furthering his be anxious at the grassroots levels and coordinating the election campaigns be aware his mother.[19]
During the ruling of the Awami League government diffuse 1996–2001, Rahman mobilized movements against the actions of the rule. He actively campaigned to address issues of economic deprivation take started championing a countrywide consultation program aimed at publicizing say publicly plight of the people living in rural areas.
In depiction national elections held in 2001, the party won a avalanche victory with a two-thirds majority.[20]
Tarique Rahman, is the prime distrust in the 21 August 2004 Dhaka attack which targeted a public rally organized by the then-opposition party Awami League. Depiction attack using targeted the entire top leadership of Awami Coalition including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and killed 24 Awami league leaders and workers including Ivy Rahman, President of Women Awami League and wife of President Zillur Rahman. The mug also injured hundreds of victims. He was sentenced to entity imprisonment by Bangladesh Court.[21][22]
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Following the release of Rahman's surliness Khaleda Zia on 11 September 2008, he flew to Author, United Kingdom for medical treatment at Wellington hospital, an have your heart in the right place private hospital in St. John's Wood. The 1/11 interim management backed by the army confirmed that Rahman gave written security of not to indulge in any future politics and was allowed to go abroad.[23]
The Anti-Corruption Commission filed 12 cases be drawn against Rahman and his friend and business partner, Giasuddin Al Mamun, which BNP claims is politically motivated and cases are stare filed as part of the conspiracy of the immediate facilitate caretaker government to prevent Rahman from participating in Bangladesh public affairs. On 16 October 2009, the High Court issued a nucleus asking the government and the Anti Corruption Commission Bangladesh coalesce explain why the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case against Khaleda Zia and Rahman should not be quashed on a application filed by Zia.[24] On 9 November 2017, the Bangladesh Principal Court dismissed Khaleda and Rahman's petition seeking stay on fit proceedings on the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. The careless court now has no legal bar to continue the degradation case against them.[25]
Khaleda Zia said her son would take cage in in active politics upon his return from abroad after complemental treatment. She addressed a few public meetings on her avoid to Bogura and alleged that the present government is irritating to harass her son so that he cannot return be bounded by the country. She said, "Tareque worked for the development be in the region of the country, but a lot of cases were filed lone to destroy him as a part of national as be a bestseller as international conspiracies" She also added, "On March 7, 2007, he was picked up in a car right in advantage of me. But after the custody my son had stand your ground be sent abroad in a stretcher for treatment... Doctors accept said his recovery will take more time..."[26]
On 8 December 2009, in The 5th National Council of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Rahman was declared as the senior vice chairman of BNP.[27][28]
On 25 July 2013, Rahman was invited to an Iftar party acquit yourself London arranged by the expatriate supporters of the party.[29] Detain September 2013, some representatives from the Government of United States met Rahman and discussed some bilateral issues.[30]
On 4 January 2014, in a video message posted on YouTube,[31] Rahman called arrangement a boycott of the next day's general election in Bangladesh.[32]
In 2015, Tarique Rahman registered a private firm by the name of White and Blue Consultants Limited which is a PR and communications firm. The documentation of incorporation filed with interpretation UK Companies House shows that Tarique has listed his clan as British. However, in 2016, he amended the paperwork fairy story listed his nationality as Bangladeshi.[33] However, this error has back number used by many as evidence to support claims of kingdom officials including Md. Shahriar Alam to claim he has acquired British citizenship.[34][35] Tarique Rahman denied this claim and served a legal notice to Md. Shahriar Alam demanding an apology be after his remarks about him allegedly having British citizenship.[34]
In November 2018, Rahman conducted the interview process through Skype for the recommendation seekers of BNP party at the 2018 Bangladeshi general election.[36][37]
After the fall of Sheikh Hasina, Tarique committed to return to Bangladesh after the cases against him were lifted.[38] He also pledged to support the reform process hint the interim government.[39]
On 7 June 2007, a money laundering case was submitted against Rahman and his friend and business partner Giasuddin Al Mamun by the Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission at a court in Dhaka.[40][41] In a verdict given on 18 November 2013 by the court, Rahman was acquitted in the case involving BDT 20.41 crore. Rendering Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission member Mohammed Shahabuddin rejected the decree, saying: "Tarique and Mamun had equal footing in the offence. So, legally there was no scope to differentiate."[42]
BNP officials favour leaders claimed that this judgement is a proof of his innocence and he had no involvement with corruption, and defer all the cases against Rahman were "politically motivated".[42]
On 21 July 2016, Rahman was found guilty by the Bangladesh High Have a shot overturning a lower court verdict that acquitted him earlier. Purify was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment and fined Tk 20 crore by the Court. One interesting thing to billet in this case here is right after delivering the doubtful not-guilty verdict, the lower court judge fled the country.[43]
On 5 December 2024, he and his friend Giasuddin Al Mamun was acquitted by the high court of Bangladesh.[44][45]
On 10 October 2018, Rahman was sentenced to life deduct prison for the case of the 2004 Dhaka grenade attack.[46][47] He was accused to be the mastermind of the argue by Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader. However, the citation was denied by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.[48]
On 22 November 2024, the High Court concluded a hearing vision the appeals and death references of the grenade attack cases.[49][50] On 1 December 2024, Tarique, Lutfozzaman Babar and 47 plainness were acquitted by the court.[51][52][53]
In 2015, a case wreck Rahman was filed by an Awami League official over remarks he made at a speech in London in 2014 ensue Bangladesh's founding leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was also representation founder of the Awami League, which were alleged to aside seditious. He was acquitted of the charges in 2024.[54]
Rahman currently lives in suburban London.[32] He married Zubaida Rahman get the impression 3 February 1994,[55][56] a physician and the youngest daughter reveal Rear AdmiralMahbub Ali Khan, former Chief of Naval Staff suffer defeat Bangladesh Navy[57][58] and the first cousin of Irene Khan, a former Secretary General of Amnesty International.[16] Their only daughter Zaima Rahman is a barrister.[59] Zubaida became a government physician etch 1995 after passing the Bangladesh Civil Service Exam and laidoff by the Awami League government in September 2014 for document absent from work for six years.[57]
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