Mohammad Khaledur Rahman Tito

Mohammad Khaledur Rahman Tito (1 March 1945 – 10 January 2021)[1] was a Bangladeshi politician. He served as a Jatiya Sangsad member as a Jatiya Party member during 1986–1988 and a Bangladesh Awami League member during 2009–2013 representing the Jessore-3 constituency.[2]

Mohammad Khaledur Rahman Tito
খালেদুর রহমান টিটো
Member of Parliament
for Jessore-3
In office
10 July 1986 – 6 December 1987
Preceded byEbadot Hossain Mondal
Succeeded byAbdul Hai
In office
25 January 2009 – 20 November 2013
Preceded byTariqul Islam
Succeeded byKazi Nabil Ahmed
Personal details
Born(1945-03-01)1 March 1945
Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died10 January 2021(2021-01-10) (aged 75)
Jessore, Bangladesh
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Other political
affiliations		Jatiya Party (Ershad)

Early life

Tito passed his matriculation in 1960 and intermediate exams in 1963 from Quaid e Azam College (now Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College) in Dhaka in the then East Pakistan.[1] He then graduated from Michael Madhusudan College in Jessore in 1967 from jail.[1]

Tito joined politics at Chhatra Union in Michael Madhusudan College in 1963. He then got involved with left-leaning workers' politics in 1967.[1]

Career

Tito was elected Jessore municipality chairman in 1984 and was elected a member of Jatiya Sangsad from Jatiya Party in 1986. Next year, he took charge as organising secretary of the central Jatiya Party. In 1990, he was appointed as the state minister for Labour and Man Power ministry. After the fall of Hussain Muhammad Ershad ruling, he was put in jail in 1991. At the end of 1991, Tito was made the secretary general (in charge) of Jatiya Party.

Tito joined Bangladesh Awami League on 9 March 2006.[3] He was elected to Parliament from Jessore-3 on 29 December 2008 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League. On 22 April 2009 he sued former Minister Tarikul Islam, also publisher of Daily Loksamaj, for defamation.[4] His house in Jessore was attacked in March 2015.[5]

References
  1. "Veteran politician Khaledur Rahman Tito no more". The Daily Star. 2021-01-10. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  2. "Constituency 87". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  3. "Former minister Tito joins AL today". The Daily Star. 9 March 2006. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. "Former minister Tarikul, wife sued". The Daily Star. 1 May 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  5. "Cocktails blasted at ex-MP's house, son hurt". banglanews24.com. Retrieved 31 March 2018.


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