Syed Rahmatur Rob Irtiza Ahsan

Syed Rahmatur Rob Irtiza Ahsan
Member of 3rdJatiya Sangsad
In office 1986–1988
President	Hussain Muhammad Ershad
Prime Minister	Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
Preceded by	Akhtaruzzaman Alamgir
Succeeded by	Nurul Islam Moni
Constituency	Barguna-2
Personal details
Born	7 May 1937 Bamna,Barguna,Bengal Presidency
Died	13 April 2020(2020-04-13)(aged 84) Apollo Hospital Dhaka,Bangladesh
Political party	Jatiya Party (Ershad)
Relatives	Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury Syed Qamarul Ahsan

Syed Rahmatur Rob Irtiza Ahsanwas aBangladeshipolitician and a former member of parliament forBarguna-2.

Early life and family

Syed Rahmatur Rob Irtiza Ahsan was born on 7 May 1937, to aBengali Muslimzamindarfamily known as theSyedsofBamnabased inBarguna,then located under theBackergunge Districtof theBengal Presidency.His father,Syed Najmul Ahsan,was the son of Syed Abi Muhammad (d. 1951) and they traced their ancestry to Syed Mir Qadir Bakhsh, who belonged to theSyedfamily ofMalidiainFaridpur.Irtiza Ahsan's great grandfather, Syed Mir Sarwar Jan (d. 1914), who was Bakhsh's son, migrated to Bamna ingreater Barisalafter marrying Azizunnesa, the daughter of Taluqdar Husayn ad-Din Chowdhury, and eventually inheriting thetaluqdariof Ramna-Bamna. Ahsan's uncleSyed Ziaul Ahsan,was a speaker for theEast Bengal Legislative Assemblyduring theUnited Frontregime and married to Syeda Shaukat Ara Begum, the daughter ofSyed Abdul Jabbar,azamindarofComilla.His other uncleSyed Moinul Ahsan,was the vice-principal ofDhaka Collegeand the father of former secretariatShamim Ahsan.Ahsan's youngest uncle,Syed Qamarul Ahsan,was a former parliamentarian.Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury,the incumbent deputy leader of theJatiya Sangsad,is the daughter of Najmul Ahsan's cousin Syed Shah Hamidullah.

Career

During theBangladesh Liberation Warof 1971, Ahsan was the chairman of Bamna Union. Ahsan was elected to parliament from the newBarguna-2constituency (formerly part ofPatuakhali-1) as aJatiya Party (Ershad)candidate in 1986.He contested the 1991 election as a candidate ofNational Democratic Partybut lost to independent candidateNurul Islam Moni.