Abdul Latif Mirza

{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}

{{for|the Timurid ruler|Abdal-Latif Mirza}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Abdul Latif Mirza

| native_name = আবদুল লতিফ মির্জা

| native_name_lang = bn

| constituency_MP = Sirajganj-4

| term_start = June 1996

| term_end = October 2001

| predecessor = Md. Shamsul Alam

| successor = M Akbar Ali

| death_date = {{death date and given age|2007|11|05|63|df=y}}

| death_place = Sirajganj, Bangladesh

| party = Awami League

| allegiance = 25px Bangladesh

| branch = 25px

Mukti Bahini

| battles = Bangladesh Liberation War

| otherparty = Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal

| birth_place = Sirajganj, Bengal Presidency, British Raj

| birth_date = {{C.|1944}}

}}

Abdul Latif Mirza (died 5 November 2007) was a Bangladeshi Awami League politician. He was the member of parliament from Pabna-4 in 1979 and Sirajganj-4 in 1996.{{Cite web |title=Former AL MP Abdul Latif Mirza dies at 63 |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/2007/11/05/former-al-mp-abdul-latif-mirza-dies-at-63 |access-date=2020-08-31 |website=bdnews24.com |date=5 November 2007}}

Career

Mirza was a member of Mukti Bahini and fought in the Bangladesh Liberation War. He had formed the Mirza Abdul Latif Bahini in Sirajganj. which had 8 to 10 thousand personnel during the war. He had started the force with 15 members and seven rifles. He had initially named it Polashdanga Youth Camp.{{Cite news |last=Hossain |first=Major General Md Sarwar |date=2019-03-26 |title=The irregular forces of Bangladesh Liberation War |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/supplements/independence-day-special-2019/news/the-irregular-forces-bangladesh-liberation-war-1719757 |access-date=2020-07-14 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}} He was elected to Sirajganj-4 constituency (Ullapara).{{Cite news |date=2007-11-07 |title=Ex-AL lawmaker Mirza Latif passes away |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-10665 |access-date=2016-12-19 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}

Death

Mirza died on 5 November 2007 in Sirajganj.

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