A. T. M. Abdul Wahab
{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abu Talib Muhammad Abdul Wahab
| office = Member of Parliament of Magura-1
| term_start = 2015
| term_end = 30 December 2018
| predecessor = Muhammad Serajul Akbar
| successor = Saifuzzaman Shikhor
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|12|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Magura, Bengal, British India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Bangladesh Awami League
| office2 = Chairman, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS)
| allegiance = {{PAK}} (before 1971)
{{BAN}}
| branch = {{army|Pakistan}}
{{army|Bangladesh}}
{{flagicon image|বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশের পতাকা.svg}} Bangladesh Rifles
| serviceyears = 1969 – 2003
| unit = East Bengal Regiment
| rank = 20px Major General
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| commands = *Sub-commander of Sector – VIII
- Station Commander, Comilla
- Commander of 81st Infantry Brigade
- Deputy Director of Bangladesh Rifles
- Commander of 309th Infantry Brigade
- GOC of 55th Infantry Division
| battles = Bangladesh Liberation War
}}
A. T. M. Abdul Wahab ({{langx|bn|এ টি এম আব্দুল ওয়াহাব}}) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former member of parliament from Magura-1.
Early life
Wahab was born on 29 December 1946.{{cite web |title=Major General ATM Abdul Wahab (Rtd.) Biography |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/318/biography |website=Amarmp |accessdate=8 November 2018}} He fought in the Bangladesh Liberation war as the sub-sector commander of Sector Eight.{{Cite news |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2016/05/01/149264.php |title=Tribute to a liberation war hero |work=The Daily Observer |access-date=9 November 2018}}
Career
Wahab retired from Bangladesh Army with the rank of major general. He wrote a book, Mukti Bahini Wins Victory: Military Oligarchy Divides Pakistan in 1971, about the history of the Bangladesh Liberation war.{{cite news |title='Civilian FFs should have been entitled Bir Sreshtha' |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/03/21/d60321061574.htm |accessdate=9 November 2018 |work=The Daily Star}}
Wahab was elected to parliament in 2015 from Magura-1 as a candidate of the Bangladesh Awami League in a by-election.{{cite web |title=Major General ATM Abdul Wahab (Rtd.) History |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/318/history |website=Amarmp |accessdate=8 November 2018}} The by-election were called after the death of the incumbent member of parliament, Muhammad Serajul Akbar.{{cite news |title=AL nominates Wahab for May 30 Magura-1 by-poll |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/al-nominates-wahab-may-30-magura-1-poll-79706 |accessdate=9 November 2018 |work=The Daily Star |date=29 April 2015 |language=en}} He was selected out of 17 potential candidates interviewed by Awami League Parliamentary Board.{{cite news |title=Abdul Wahab gets AL ticket |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2015/04/29/86278.php |accessdate=9 November 2018 |work=The Daily Observer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070906/http://www.observerbd.com/2015/04/29/86278.php |archive-date=9 November 2018}}
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