Habibur Rahman

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Habibur Rahman

In office
31 March 1996 – 23 June 1996
President Abdur Rahman Biswas
Preceded by Khaleda Zia
Succeeded by Sheikh Hasina

Born October 17, 1935 (1935-10-17) (age 72)
Gopalganj, East Bengal
Political party Independent
Religion Sunni Islam

This article links to the former chief justice of Bangladesh. For the officer of the Indian National Army, see Habibur Rahman

Muhammad Habibur Rahman (Bangla:মুহাম্মদ হাবিবুর রহমান) is a former chief justice of Bangladesh supreme court. He was the chief advisor of the 1996 caretaker government which oversaw the Seventh parliamentary elections in Bangladesh.

He studied English in Dhaka University and was an activist of Bengali Language Movement. He is an Honorary Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford.