Shajahan Chowdhury (Chittagong politician)

For other people with the same name, see Shahjahan Chowdhury (disambiguation).

Shajahan Chowdhury
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
Main interest(s)	History of Islam Pan-Islamism
Religious life
Denomination	Sunni

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

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

1. "Ex-Jamaat MP Shahjahan held". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
2. "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.
3. "Ex-Jamaat MP Shahjahan Chowhdury held". Dhaka Tribune. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.