Md. Atiur Rahman Atik

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| image = Atiur Rahman Atik MP in the Bangladeshi Presidential team of Abdul Hamid paying floral tributes at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on December 18, 2014 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Atik in 2014

| name = Atiur Rahman Atik

| native_name = আতিউর রহমান আতিক

| native_name_lang = bn

| term_start = 12 June 1996

| term_end = 29 January 2024

| predecessor = Nazrul Islam

| birth_date = {{birth_date and age|1 December 1957}}{{Cite web|title=Constituency 143_11th_En|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/309-mps-category/mps-of-11th-parliament/3703-constituency-143-11th-en|access-date=27 May 2021|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}

| party = Bangladesh Awami League

| successor = Chanuar Hossain Chanu

| office = Member of Parliament

| constituency = Sherpur-1

| honorific_prefix = MP

}}

Atiur Rahman Atik is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Member of Parliament from Sherpur-1. He belongs to the Bangladesh Awami League Party.

Early life

Atik was born on 1 December 1957. He has a B.A. degree.{{cite web |title=Md. Atiur Rahman Atik -মোঃ আতিউর রহমান আতিক Biography |url=https://amarmp.com/mp/544/biography |website=Amarmp |access-date=23 December 2018 |language=en}}

Career

Atik was elected to Jatiya Sangsad 5 times in 1996, 2001, 2008, 2014 and 2018 general elections from Sherpur-1 constituency.

In the 2024 general election he got the Awami League nomination but lost the election to Chanuar Hossain Chanu an Independent candidate from his own party.

On 6 May 2016, Bangladesh Election Commission asked him to remove himself from his own constituency area for violating electoral code of conduct.{{cite news |title=EC orders Whip Atik to leave Sherpur constituency for breaching UP polls code |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/05/06/ec-orders-whip-atik-to-leave-sherpur-constituency-for-breaching-up-polls-code |access-date=23 December 2018 |work=bdnews24.com}} On 17 April 2018, he was investigated by Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission after Bangladesh High Court ordered an investigation.{{cite news |title=Sherpur-1 MP removed from constituency by EC |url=https://www.clickittefaq.com/sherpur-1-mp-removed-constituency-ec/ |access-date=23 December 2018 |work=Ittefaq |date=6 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224031224/https://www.clickittefaq.com/sherpur-1-mp-removed-constituency-ec/ |archive-date=24 December 2018 |url-status=dead }}

He is two times whip of the parliament. He has become the President of Bangladesh Awami League, Sherpur Jilla shakha for three times.{{cite news |title=ACC interrogates whip Atik |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/corruption/2018/04/17/acc-interrogates-mp-atik |access-date=23 December 2018 |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=17 April 2018}}

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