Mayor of Sylhet

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Mayor of Sylhet
SCC logo.png
seal of Sylhet City Corporation
Incumbent
Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury
since 21 June 2023
Sylhet City Corporation
Style The Honourable
Type Head of the City
StatusChief Executive
Member of Sylhet City Corporation
Reports to Flag of Bangladesh.svg Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives
Seat Nagar Bhaban, Sylhet
NominatorDirectly elected by popular vote
Appointer Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Term length Five years, renewable
Formation31 July 2001;22 years ago (2001-07-31)
First holder Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran
Final holder Ariful Haque Choudhury
Salary৳ 10,20,000 annually
(US$ 11,989)
Website Sylhet City Corporation

The Mayor of Sylhet is the chief executive of the Sylhet City Corporation. The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within Sylhet city. [1]

Contents

The Mayor's office is located in Nagar Bhaban, Bandor Bazar; currently it has jurisdiction over all 42 wards of Sylhet City, which previously was 27 ward.

List of officeholders

Political parties
No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
ElectionTerm of officePolitical
party
Reference
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran
(1952-2020)
2003
2008
12 April 200318 September 201310 years, 190 days Bangladesh Awami League [2]
2 Ariful Haque Choudhury 2013
2018
18 September 20137 November 202310 years, 114 days Bangladesh Nationalist Party [3]
3 Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury 2023 7 November 2023Incumbent64 days Bangladesh Awami League [4] [5]

Elections

Election Result 2023

Election Result 2018

Sylhet Mayoral Election 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Ariful Haque Choudhury 92,588 [6]
AL Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran 86,392
Jamaat-e-Islami Ehsanul Mahbub Jubayer10,954
IAB Moazzem Hossain2,195
Majority6,196
Turnout 2,01,577
Registered electors 3,18,138
BNP hold

Election Result 2013

Sylhet Mayoral Election 2013
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BNP Ariful Haque Choudhury 107,330
AL Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran 72,173
Majority35,157
Turnout 1,79,503
Registered electors 2,91,046
BNP gain from AL

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References

  1. Sylhet City Corporation Act, 2001, bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd।
  2. "Former mayor of Sylhet City Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran dies at 69". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
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