Khandaker Abdul Baten (17 May 1946 – 21 January 2019) was a

Bangladesh Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

politician and a member of Parliament from

Tangail-6 Tangail-6 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Delduar Upazila, Delduar and Nagarpur Upazila, Nagarpur upazilas. History The constituency was create ...

Early life

Baten completed his education up till the undergraduate level, securing a B.A. with honours.

Career

Baten was a member of the

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during the

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in 1971. He was a politician of the

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party who joined the

in 1992. He also took with him some of his followers. Some of the local Bangladesh Awami League politicians expressed disappointment when he joined. He lost the Tangail-6 (Nagarpur-Delduar) constituency election to

Gautam Chakroborty Gautam Chakroborty (1954 – 27 May 2022) was a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Tangail-6 constituency. He also served as the state minister of water resources. Early life Born in East Pakist ...

– the

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candidate, in 1996 and 2001. An inter Party feud led Bangladesh Awami League politicians to contest the polls as independent candidates costing Baten important votes. He was elected to Parliament in the

2008 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 29 December 2008. The two main parties in the election were the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Khaleda Zia, and the Bangladesh Awami League Party, led by Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Awam ...

. He served on the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Agriculture Ministry.

References

1946 births 2019 deaths Awami League politicians 9th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members {{Dhaka-AL-politician-stub