Syed Rafiqul Haque
{{short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Syed Rafiqul Haque Sohel
| image = Syed Rafiqul Haque.jpg
| width =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Sunamganj, Bangladesh
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Member of Parliament from Sylhet-1
(now Sunamganj-1)
| term_start = 1979
| term_end = 1986
| predecessor = Abdul Hakeem Chowdhury
| successor = Prasun Kalin Roy
| term_start2 = June 1996
| term_end2 = 1991
| predecessor2 = Nozir Hossain
| successor2 = Nozir Hossain
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| party = Awami League
| otherparty = People's Democratic Party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party
| spouse =
| parents =
| children =
| native_name = সৈয়দ রফিকুল হক
| native_name_lang = bn
| office2 = Member of Parliament from Sunamganj-1
}}
Syed Rafiqul Haque Sohel is a politician in Sunamganj District of Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. He was elected a member of the parliament from the Sylhet-1 (now Sunamganj-1) as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979 and was elected a member of the parliament from the Sunamganj-1 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League in the June 1996 parliamentary election.{{Cite news|date=9 June 2018|script-title=bn:আওয়ামী লীগ ও বিএনপির একাধিক সম্ভাব্য প্রার্থী মাঠে|newspaper=Bhorer Kagoj|url=https://www.bhorerkagoj.com/print-edition/2018/06/09/195899.php|access-date=2019-08-24|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190822000154/https://www.bhorerkagoj.com/print-edition/2018/06/09/195899.php|archive-date=2019-08-22}}
Birth and early life
Syed Rafiqul Haque Sohel was born in Sunamganj District of Sylhet Division of Bangladesh.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
Political life
He stood as a People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 1970 Pakistani general election.{{cite book |last=Chakravarty |first=S. R. |year=1988 |title=Bangladesh, the Nineteen Seventy-nine Elections |location=New Delhi |publisher=South Asian Publishers |page=124 |isbn=81-7003-088-9 |quote=Syed Rafiqul Huq BNP Contested as PDP candidate in 1970 election.}} He was elected to parliament from Sylhet-1 (now Sunamganj-1) as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 1979.{{Cite web|title=List of 2nd Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904090815/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp/2nd.pdf|archive-date=4 September 2018|access-date=24 August 2019|website=Bangladesh Parliament}} and elected a member of the parliament from the Sunamganj-1 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League in the June 1996 parliamentary election.{{Cite web|title=List of 7th Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/7th%20Parliament%20.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064449/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/7th%20Parliament%20.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=24 August 2019|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}