ariq Rahman (Bengali: তারেক রহমান ) (also spelled as Tareq Rahman) is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the current Senior Vice Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Tarique Rahman is the son of Ziaur Rahman, who called the formal one of announcer of Bangladesh War of Independence including Commander of BDF Sectors 1 & 11, and Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He was born on November 20, 1967 in Karachi, Pakistan.[1] He spent most of his life in Dhaka Cantonment.[citation needed] He attended primary school at BAF Shaheen School and secondary school at Dhaka Residential Model College where he attained the Secondary School Certificate (SSC)[when?].[2] He completed his Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations at the Adamjee Cantonment Public School & College and subsequently got admitted to Dhaka University, where he attended inconsistently and no record of admission, completion the degree in any discipline of the university is available(reference: alumni association, University of dhaka). Later, Tariq started a business career along with political activities.[when?].[2] .[3][non-primary source needed][4][verification needed] Rahman took up business and set up a textile mill in 1988 as well as started a water transport business. Political career In 1988 he started his political career as a primary member of the party's Gabtali Upazila and later Bogra District committee member.[5] He actively assembled support for the party during the national elections of 1991, when the transition was taking place from the autocratic ruling to the democratic government. He was a member of the BNP's National Campaign Strategy Committee, and was also responsible for coordinating the election campaigns in five constituencies from which his mother Khaleda Zia was contesting.[4] During that period, he proactively organised the BNP units of Bogra and changed the inherent cultures to make politics more production and development oriented.[4] After the BNP's success in the national elections of 1991 and the formation of the new government, Rahman was offered a senior role in the party as recognition of his contributions. However, he was reluctant to take up a higher position in order to have enough time to strengthen the party at the grassroots level. For many years, he remained active in developing the Bogra units of the BNP. During the national elections of 1996, the party grassroots and the senior leadership requested Rahman to contest a constituency from Bogra. But he declined the offer with a view to furthering his work at the grassroots levels and coordinating the election campaigns for his mother.[6] During the ruling of the Awami League government in 1996--2001, Rahman mobilized movements against the actions of the government. He actively campaigned to address issues of economic deprivation and started championing a countrywide consultation programme aimed at publicising the plight of the people living in rural areas.[5] This large-scale programme, the first in the history of Bangladesh of this nature, drove mass mobilization against the government, which in turn, played an instrumental role in fostering the return of the BNP to power. He established the secret ballot system in Bogra to elect leaders through open council.[7] In the national elections held in 2001, the party won a landslide victory with a two-thirds majority.[8] There was immense pressure on Rahman from the party grassroots, as well as the national leadership, to assume a position within the government. But he repeatedly refused and pledged to keep working within the party. In June 2002, he was appointed as Joint Secretary General of BNP by its Standing Committee. After taking office as the Senior Joint General Secretary, Rahman launched a program called "Grassroots Level Conference" in every district of the country as well as "Divisional conferences" and "Upazila Conferences" aiming to be aware of the view of party workers. He also attended hundreds of party meetings all over the country, with leaders of the party accompanying him in those meetings.[citation needed] While visiting in 2002, Tungipara Upazila of Gopalganj District, Rahman visited the tomb of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the nation of Bangladesh and paid respects on behalf of the BNP showing political tolerance. During this time, he personally signed response letters to the attendees at the various rallies. These response letters contained regionally specific issues and discussion on how to address them. By the first week of April, signed 18,000 letters.[9]

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