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 78–79) 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]