Md. Zillur Rahman (মোঃ জিল্লুর রহমান محمد ظل الرحمن, born 9 March 1929) is the President of Bangladesh and a senior presidium member of the Awami League. He was declared the nineteenth president by the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 11 February 2009 when no other candidate filed to run in the presidential election since the Awami League won the vast majority of seats in the just completed parliamentary election, and he was sworn in on 12 Fe...
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Md. Zillur Rahman (মোঃ জিল্লুর রহমান محمد ظل الرحمن, born 9 March 1929) is the President of Bangladesh and a senior presidium member of the Awami League. He was declared the nineteenth president by the Election Commission of Bangladesh on 11 February 2009 when no other candidate filed to run in the presidential election since the Awami League won the vast majority of seats in the just completed parliamentary election, and he was sworn in on 12 February 2009.
Zillur Rahman was born on 9 March 1929 in Bhairab Upazila, Kishorganj. His father, Meher Ali Mian, was a renowned lawyer, the Chairman of the then Mymensingh Local Board and the Member of the District Board. In 1945, he passed Matriculation from Bhairab K. B. High School. He passed and Intermediate of Arts (IA) in 1947 from Dhaka Intermediate college. He earned a law degree and Master's Degree in history from Dhaka University.
Zillur Rahman participated in the Bengali language movement of 1952. Later, as an Awami League candidate,...
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