Aboul Bashar Khan (Bengali: আবুল বশর খান; born March 1, 1960) is an American politician of Bangladeshi descent. He is currently serving as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, representing Rockingham District 20 (Hampton Falls and Seabrook) since 2016. He previously represented the same district from 2012 to 2014.
Aboul Bashar Khan | |
|---|---|
| আবুল বশর খান | |
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Rockingham 20th district | |
| Assumed office 2016 | |
| In office 2012–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aboul Bashar Khan March 1, 1960 Bhandaria, Bakerganj district, East Pakistan |
| Citizenship |  USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Occupation | Politician and businessman |
Early life and education
editKhan was born on March 1, 1960, to a Bengali Muslim family of Khans in Bhandaria, Firozpur, then a part of the Bakerganj district of East Pakistan (present-day Barisal division, Bangladesh). He is the eldest of the two sons and two daughters of former defense secretary Mahbub Uddin Khan Kanchan and his wife Shahanara Begum.[1]
Khan passed the matriculation examination from the Muslim Government High School, Dhaka, in 1976. After completing his higher secondary education from Notre Dame College in 1978, he was admitted to the Department of Political Science at the University of Dhaka. After studying there for three years, he moved to the United States on a student visa on January 10, 1981, and settled there.[2]
Electoral history
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Francis Chase (incumbent) | 2,470 | 24.61 | |
| Republican | Jason Janvrin | 2,408 | 23.99 | |
| Republican | Aboul Khan | 2,829 | 28.18 | |
| Democratic | Mark Preston | 2,331 | 23.22 | |
| Total votes | 10,038 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Aboul Khan (incumbent) | 2,233 | 20.3 | |
| Republican | William Fowler | 2,053 | 18.7 | |
| Republican | Max Abramson | 1,980 | 18.0 | |
| Democratic | Patricia O'Keefe | 1,819 | 16.6 | |
| Democratic | Greg Marrow | 1,511 | 16.8 | |
| Democratic | Denis Rice | 1,385 | 12.6 | |
| Total votes | 10,981 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Aboul Khan (incumbent) | 3,444 | 21.6 | |
| Republican | Tim Baxter | 3,292 | 20.6 | |
| Republican | Tina Harley | 3,182 | 19.9 | |
| Democratic | Patricia O'Keefe | 2,448 | 15.3 | |
| Democratic | Greg Marrow | 1,905 | 11.9 | |
| Democratic | Louis Flynn | 1,683 | 10.5 | |
| Total votes | 15,954 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
References
edit- ^ "যুক্তরাষ্ট্র পার্লামেন্টে বাংলাদেশি শেখ রহমান ও আবুল খান". Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). November 9, 2018. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
- ^ "চতুর্থবারের মতো স্টেট রিপ্রেজেন্টেটিভ হলেন ভান্ডারিয়ার আবুল খান". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- ^ a b "Aboul Khan". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-11-28.