| Rahman, (Justice) Latifur (1936-
) jurist, head of the caretaker
government of Bangladesh in 2001. He was born in Jessore on
1 March 1936. After completing his school education at the Jessore Zila
School and the college education at the Dhaka College, Latifur Rahman
passed BA Honours (1955) and MA (1956) in English Literature from the
University of Dhaka. Subsequently, he also completed LLB from the same
university.
At the beginning of his
professional career, Latifur Rahman served as a lecturer at the
Quaed-e-Azam College (now Shaheed Suhrawardy College) and Jagannath
College.
He started his profession as a lawyer at the Dhaka
High Court after being enlisted at the bar in 1960. To start with,
he was an apprentice under MH Khondoker, who became the first Attorney
General of Bangladesh after its independence. In 1979, Latifur Rahman
was appointed additional judge at the High Court Division of the
Supreme Court, where he became a permanent judge in 1981. |
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Latifur Rahman |
He joined as a judge at the Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court on 15 January 1991 and was elevated to Chief Justice on
1 January 2001. On 28 February 2001, he retired from his service as the
Chief Justice.
According to the constitutional provision for caretaker government, Justice Latifur Rahman, as the last retiring
chief justice, took oath as the head of the caretaker government of Bangladesh on 15 July 2001. The elections of the eighth
parliament of the country were held under him on 1 October 2001, and he retired on 10 October when
begum khaleda zia took oath as elected
prime minister.
Latifur Rahman described the experience of the 87 days
of his administration as the head of the government in a book Tattabadhayak
Sarkarer Dinguli O Amar Katha (The Days of the Caretaker Government
and My Account).
[Helal Uddin Ahmed]
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