Rohingya Patriotic Front | |
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Abbreviation | RPF |
President | Muhammad Jafar Habib[1][2] |
Secretary-General | Muhammad Yunus |
Vice President | Nurul Islam |
Founded | 12 September 1973 |
Dissolved | 1986 |
Succeeded by | Rohingya Solidarity Organisation, Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front |
Headquarters | Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh |
Ideology | Rohingya nationalism |
Religion | Islam |
The Rohingya Patriotic Front (RPF) was a political organisation headquartered in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. The RPF had a small and poorly armed insurgent army of 70 fighters,[1] who were active along the Bangladesh–Burma border and in northern Arakan, Burma (present-day Rakhine State, Myanmar). The goal of the RPF was to create an autonomous Muslim zone for the Rohingya people.[3]
Muhammad Jafar Habib, a graduate of Rangoon University and a native of the town of Buthidaung, was the leader of the RPF.[1] He was formerly the secretary of the Rohingya Liberation Party (RLP).[4]