Who is Tarique Rehman, Bangladesh's 'Dark Prince' back in power after 17-year exile?
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Tarique Rahman's return caps his turbulent journey marked by assassination charges, imprisonment and exile, reshaping Bangladesh's political landscape after years of dominance by Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League.
Tarique Rahman is poised to become Bangladesh's next Prime Minister after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party surged towards a decisive victory in Thursday's national election.
Results cited by The Daily Star and the party said Rahman, 60, won from both Dhaka-17 and Bogura-6 constituencies. His return to frontline politics comes after more than 17 years in exile in the United Kingdom.
Various media projections indicated that the BNP secured over 151 seats in the 300-member parliament in yesterday's daylong polling, comfortably crossing the majority mark to form the next government and bringing the 18-month interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus to a close.
Born on November 20, 1965, Tarique Rahman is the eldest son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and former President Ziaur Rahman, the founder of the BNP. He was 15 when his father was assassinated in 1981.
During the 1971 Liberation War, Rahman was briefly detained as a child, an episode later described by his party as making him one of the youngest prisoners of war, according to news agency AFP.
He formally entered politics in 1988, joining the BNP at the upazila level in Bogra. Over the years, he climbed steadily through the party ranks, becoming senior joint secretary general and later acting chairman after Khaleda Zia's imprisonment in 2018 and her declining health kept her away from active politics.
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