Quadrat Elahi Rahman Shafique

Qudrat-e-Elahi Rahman Shafique (Bengali: কুদরত-এ-এলাহী রহমান শফিক ; 1 November 1962 – 25 February 2009) was a colonel in the Bangladesh Army who died in the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny.

Early life Shafique was born on 1 November 1962 in Rangpur District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. His father, Habibur Rahman, was a former secretary of the government of Bangladesh, and his mother, Rokeya Rahman, was a teacher at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College. He is the nephew of former president Hussain Muhammad Ershad. After graduating from Jhenaidah Cadet College, Shafique joined Bangladesh Military Academy in 1981. Their son, Saquib Rahman is a former Jatiyo Party politician, the editor of Progress Magazine and a senior lecturer at the Department of Law in North South University.

Death Shafique had arrived for the darbar (conference of all sector commanders) in the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters. He was killed on 25 February 2009 by Bangladesh Rifles mutineers during the Bangladesh Rifles revolt. Shahid Colonel Kudrat Elahi Junior School in Dinajpur was named after him.