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{{Infobox war faction
| name = Rohingya Liberation Party
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| war = the [[Rohingya conflict]]
| image =
| caption =
| active= {{start date|1972}}–{{end date|1974}}
| leaders = Zaffar Kawal<ref name="pho-kan"/><br>Abdul Latif<br>Muhammad Jafar Habib<ref>{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Martin|title=Burma: Insurgency and the politics of ethnicity|date=1991|publisher=Zed Books|location=London and New Jersey|isbn=0862328683|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s4NuAAAAMAAJ|page=219}}</ref>
| ideology = [[Rohingya people|Rohingya]] [[nationalism]]<br>[[Islamism]]
| clans =
| predecessor = {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[Mujahideen#Myanmar (Burma)|Mujahideen]]
| successor = [[Rohingya Patriotic Front]]
| headquarters = [[Buthidaung]]
| area = [[Rakhine State]]
| size = 800–2,500<ref name="pho-kan"/>
| allies =
| opponents = {{flagdeco|Myanmar|1974}} [[Burmese Way to Socialism|Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma]]
| battles = [[Internal conflict in Myanmar]]
* [[Rohingya conflict]]
}}

The '''Rohingya Liberation Party''' ('''RLP''') was a [[Rohingya people|Rohingya]] political organization in [[Rakhine State]], [[Myanmar]] (formerly Arakan, Burma). It had an armed wing called the '''Rohingya Liberation Army''', which was led by a former [[Mujahideen#Myanmar (Burma)|mujahideen]] leader named Zaffar Kawal.<ref name="pho-kan">{{cite book|last=Pho Kan Kaung|title=The Danger of Rohingya|date=May 1992|publisher=Myet Khin Thit Magazine No. 25|pages=87–103}}</ref>

== History ==
On 15 July 1972, mujahideen leader Zaffar Kawal founded the Rohingya Liberation Party after mobilising various mujahideen factions under his command. Zaffar appointed himself Chairman of the party, Abdul Latif as Vice Chairman and Minister of Military Affairs, and Muhammad Jafar Habib as the Secretary General, a graduate from the [[University of Yangon]]. Their strength increased from 200 fighters in the beginning to up to 2,500 by 1974. The RLP was largely based in the jungles of [[Buthidaung]]. After a massive military operation by the [[Tatmadaw]] (Myanmar Armed Forces) in July 1974, Zaffar and most of his men fled across the border into [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="pho-kan"/>

== See also ==
* [[Rohingya Solidarity Organisation]]

==References==
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{{Insurgent groups in Myanmar}}
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Myanmar]]
[[Category:Ethnic armed organisations in Myanmar]]
[[Category:Islam in Myanmar]]
[[Category:Islamist groups]]
[[Category:Rakhine State]]
[[Category:Rohingya conflict]]
[[Category:Separatism in Myanmar]]
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[[Category:Political parties of minorities in Myanmar]]