Full Name: KM Obaidur Rahman

Affiliation: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)

Current Position: Deceased

Date of Birth: May 5, 1940

Date of Death: March 21, 2007

Place of Birth: Bangladesh

Home District: Faridpur

Constituency: 212, Faridpur-2

Term: Fourth (1st-1973, 2nd-1979, 7th-1996, 8th-2001)

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Profile:

KM Obaidur Rahman (5 May 1940 – 21 March 2007) was a Bangladeshi politician, former Minister, 3rd Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and former Member of Parliament representing Faridpur-2 constituency. He was elected a member of the Pakistan National Assembly in the 1970 elections. He played a significant role in the non-cooperation movement of 1971 and the war of liberation. He was a Member of Parliament in 1973 representing Bangladesh Awami League and in 1979, 1996 and 2001 representing the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

Rahman earned his MA degree in 1964 from the University of Dhaka. He was elected as General Secretary of Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU) during 1962–63. In 1963 he was elected President of East Pakistan Students League. He supported the 1966 Six Point movement of Awami League and participated in the 1969 Mass uprising in East Pakistan. He joined Bangladesh Awami League in 1964 and had served as the Social Welfare Secretary during 1966–1971. In 1970 he was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan. He worked with the Non-cooperation movement and was the convener of the Co-ordination and Resistance Committee in Faridpur District. After the start of Bangladesh Liberation war he moved to India and worked in the Purulia Freedom Fighters Training Camp as the "political motivator". He temporarily administered the Awami League office in Kolkata.

In 1973, Rahman was elected a member of the first Jatiya Sangsad. He served as the deputy minister in charge of Post and Telegraph from 1973 to 1975. After the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, President of Bangladesh, he joined with Khondokar Moshtaque Ahmed. He was an accused in the 1975 Jail Killing case in which four national leaders of Bangladesh Awami League were killed. Rahman joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in 1978. He was elected to parliament as a candidate of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He was a member of the cabinet in charge of the Ministry of Fishery and Livestock and later of the Ministry of Aviation and Tourism. From 1986 to 1988 he served as the General Secretary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He was elected Member of Parliament from BNP in Faridpur-2 constituency in 1996 and 2001 elections. He was acquitted in the Jail Killing case in 2004. He formed the Janata Party in the 1980s with a ship as its symbol.

Rahman died on 21 March 2007 in Apollo Hospital, Dhaka. Obaidur Rahman Smriti Sangsad and KM Obaidur Rahman Foundation are two organisations dedicated to his memory. He was a member of the BNP's standing committee till to his death.

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