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A. S. M. Abdur Rab
A. S. M. Abdur Rab
আ. স. ম. আবদুর রব
	Abdur Rab at Suhrawardy Udyan in November 2018
3rd Leader of the Opposition
	In office; 3 March 1988 – 27 February 1991
President	Hussain Muhammad Ershad; Shahabuddin Ahmed
Prime Minister	Moudud Ahmed; Kazi Zafar Ahmed
Preceded by	Sheikh Hasina
Succeeded by	Sheikh Hasina
Minister of Shipping
	In office; 1999–2001
Prime Minister	Khaleda Zia
Preceded by	M. K. Anwar; Syed Manzur Elahi (acting)
Succeeded by	Syed Manzur Elahi (acting); Akbar Hossain
Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock
	In office; 25 December 1998 – 13 June 2001
Prime Minister	Khaleda Zia
Preceded by	Qazi Fazlur Rahman (acting); Satish Chandra Roy
Succeeded by	Sadeque Hossain Khoka
Jatiya Sangsad Member from Lakshmipur-4
	In office; 1996–2001
Preceded by	Abdur Rab Chowdhury
Succeeded by	A. B. M. Ashraf Uddin
Personal details
Born	1945 (age 79–80); Noakhali, East Bengal, British India
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD
Occupation	politician

A. S. M. Abdur Rab (born 1945)^[1] is a Bangladeshi politician. He is the founder secretary general of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal.^[1] In 1985, Rab and his followers left the party and formed a new party Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD, known as JSD (Rab).^[2] He served as the Jatiya Sangsad Member from Lakshmipur-4 and the Minister of Shipping and later the Minister of Fisheries and Livestock during 1996-2001 of the first Sheikh Hasina Cabinet.^[3]

Early life

Rab was born in 1945.^[1] He was general secretary of the student political organization East Pakistan Chhatra League from 1969 to 1970.^[4] He was the leader of the 1969 mass uprising in East Pakistan.^[5] He was the first person to hoist the Flag of Bangladesh on 2 March 1971 as the vice president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union.^[1]^[6]

Career

He is one of the organizers of the liberation struggle of Bangladesh. Under the leadership of Chhatra League leader Noor Alam Siddiqui, Abdul Kuddus, A S M Abdur Rab and Shajahan Siraj, the flag of independent Bangladesh was hoisted in Dhaka University on 2 March 1971. A flag of independent Bangladesh was first inaugurated by ASM Abdur Rab. In the historic Bot-tala of Dhaka University, A S M Abdur Rab handed over the flag of Bangladesh to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. After the independence of Bangladesh, Rab formed the left-wing Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (National Socialist Party). He along with Serajul Alam Khan and Shajahan Siraj, took a stand against the government led by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.^[7] He led the rally on 17 March 1974 towards the residence of the Home Minister at Ramna amid Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini led firing upon the crowd. Rab is a survivor of the 1974 Ramna massacre. President Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem released M. A. Jalil and Rab after taking power because of the involvement of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal in the coup d'état in November 1975.^[8]

Rab became the leader of the opposition in 1988 and also served as a minister of Sheikh Hasina's cabinet from 1996 to 2001 as the Minister of Shipping and later the Minister of Fisheries and Livestock.^[9]^[10]^[11]