Founder of Khater Ali College and the HN High School
Alhaj KM Abdul Khalek Chontu was elected a member of parliament for the Kushtia-3 constituency in the 1991 national parliament as a nominee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party [BNP].
He was born on 1 January 1946. His father's name was the late Khater Ali. Mr Chontu passed the SSC examination from Rangpur District School in 1963 and passed his B.A. from Rangpur College in 1968.
From his student days he became involved in student politics. He was an active member of the Chatra Union supported by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, the Majlum Jananeta (leader of the oppressed). After finishing his student life he joined the Bhashani NAP and was later elected a district member of the NAP. In 1978 Alhaj KM Abdul Khalek Chontu joined the Jatiyatabadi Dal (Nationalist Party).
In the 1991 election to the national parliament he received the nomination of the Jatiyatabadi Dal and was elected a member of parliament. He was elected a member of parliament from the Kushtia-3 constituency in 1996.
Alongside active politics, Alhaj KM Abdul Khalek Chontu was involved in social work as well. Feeling the need to educate the people of the area, he single-handedly built up the Samaj Unnayan Parishad (Society Development Council), of which he was the founding president. He was also the founder of Khater Ali College, the HN High School and the Khater Ali Dakhil Madrasa.
Alhaj KM Abdul Khalek Chontu was married on 17 April 1974 and is the father of 3 sons and 1 daughter.
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