Shajahan Chowdhury (Chittagong politician)
Shajahan Chowdhury | |
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শাজাহান চৌধুরী | |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 20 March 1991 – 30 March 1996 | |
Preceded by | Ibrahim Bin Khalil |
Succeeded by | Oli Ahmad |
Constituency | Chittagong-14 |
In office 1 October 2001 – 29 October 2006 | |
Preceded by | Oli Ahmad |
Succeeded by | Samsul Islam |
Constituency | Chittagong-14 |
Personal details | |
Born | Satkania, Chittagong, East Pakistan |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |
Personal | |
Denomination | Sunni |
Main interest(s) | |
Shajahan Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Chittagong-14 constituency. Currently, he is serving as the Ameer of Chittagong Metropolitan unit of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. [1]
Career
[edit]Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Chittagong-14 as a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate in 1991 and 2001.[2]
Chowdhury was arrested on 1 May 2019. According to the local police, there had been 50 violence cases against him.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ex-Jamaat MP Shahjahan held". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "Ex-Jamaat MP Shahjahan Chowhdury held". Dhaka Tribune. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.