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

(1960-03-01) March 1, 1960 (age 64)
Bhandaria, Bakerganj district, East Pakistan
Citizenship USA
Political partyRepublican
OccupationPolitician and businessman

Early life and education

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Khan 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

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2016 Rockingham District 20 general election[3]
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
2018 Rockingham District 20 general election
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
2020 Rockingham District 20 general election[3]
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

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  1. ^ "যুক্তরাষ্ট্র পার্লামেন্টে বাংলাদেশি শেখ রহমান ও আবুল খান". Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). November 9, 2018. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  2. ^ "চতুর্থবারের মতো স্টেট রিপ্রেজেন্টেটিভ হলেন ভান্ডারিয়ার আবুল খান". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Aboul Khan". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
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