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Latifur Rahman
লতিফুর রহমান
Acting Prime Minister of Bangladesh
In office
15 July 2001 – 10 October 2001
PresidentShahabuddin Ahmed
Preceded bySheikh Hasina
Succeeded byKhaleda Zia
10th Chief Justice of Bangladesh
In office
1 January 2000 – 28 February 2001
Appointed byShahabuddin Ahmed
PresidentShahabuddin Ahmed
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byMustafa Kamal
Succeeded byMahmudul Amin Choudhury
Personal details
Born(1936-03-01)1 March 1936
Jessore District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died6 June 2017(2017-06-06) (aged 81)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka

Latifur Rahman (1 March 1936 – 6 June 2017) was the 10th Chief Justice and the 2nd Chief Adviser of Bangladesh.[1]

Early life and education

Rahman was born in Jessore on 1 March 1936. His father was the lawyer Khan Bahadur Lutfur Rahman.[2] His maternal uncle Nurul Huda served as a High Court judge. He earned his master's in English literature at the University of Dhaka in 1956 and later completed his bachelor's in law from the same university.[2] He served as a faculty member of Shahid Suhrawardy College.[citation needed]

Career

Rahman started his lawyer career with the Dhaka High Court membership in 1960. He was an apprentice to Bangladesh's first attorney general MH Khandaker.[2] He became a permanent High Court judge in 1981 and an Appellate Division judge on January 15, 1990.[1]

Rahman became the Chief Justice on 1 January 2000 and retired from the position on 28 February 2001. He was the chief adviser of the caretaker government from 15 July 2001 to 10 October 2001 which oversaw the eighth parliamentary election in Bangladesh.[1]

Rahman died at Samorita Hospital in Dhaka on 6 June 2017.[1]

Publication

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Justice Latifur passes away". The Daily Star. June 6, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Former chief adviser Justice Latifur Rahman dies at 81". bdnews24.com. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
Legal offices Preceded byMustafa Kamal Chief Justice of Bangladesh 2000–2001 Succeeded byMahmudul Amin Choudhury Political offices Preceded byHasina Wazed Prime Minister of BangladeshActing 2001 Succeeded byKhaleda Zia Preceded byAbdus Samad Azad Minister of Foreign Affairs 2001 Succeeded byBadruddoza Chowdhury


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