Abdur Rahman Biswas | |
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11th President of Bangladesh | |
In office 10 October 1991 – 9 October 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Khaleda Zia Muhammad Habibur Rahman (Acting) Hasina Wazed |
Preceded by | Shahabuddin Ahmed (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Shahabuddin Ahmed |
Personal details | |
Born | Shaistabad, Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh)[1][2] | 1 September 1926
Died | 3 November 2017 Dhaka, Bangladesh | (aged 91)
Political party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Abdur Rahman Biswas (1 September 1926 – 3 November 2017) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the 11th President of Bangladesh during 1991 to 1996.[1]
He was elected as a representative to the East Pakistan Legislative Assembly in 1962 and 1965.
Biswas died on 3 November 2017 at a hospital in Dhaka of respiratory failure, at the age of 91.[3][4]