Rohingya Patriotic Front
Rohingya Patriotic Front | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | RPF |
| President | Muhammad Jafar Habib |
| 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, 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.
Muhammad Jafar Habib, a graduate of Rangoon University and a native of the town of Buthidaung, was the leader of the RPF. He was formerly the secretary of the Rohingya Liberation Party (RLP).