Md. Abdus Shahid

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Mohammed Abdus Shahid
মোঃ আব্দুস শহীদ
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Minister of Agriculture
In office
11 January 2024 –6 August 2024
Preceded by Khandaker Delwar Hossain
Succeeded by A. S. M. Feroz
Personal details
Born (1948-01-01) 1 January 1948 (age 76)
Sylhet, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political party Bangladesh Awami League

Mohammed Abdus Shahid (born 1 January 1948) [2] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former minister of agriculture of Bangladesh. [3] [4] [5] [6] He also served as a member of the Jatiya Sangsad seven consecutive times representing the Moulvibazar-4 constituency. [7] [8] He was the former chief whip of the ruling party in the 9th parliament. [9]

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Early life

Abdus Shahid was born on 1 January 1948. [10] He has a master's degree in communication. [10]

Career

Shahid was elected to parliament in 1991 from Moulvibazar-4 as a candidate of the Awami League. [11] He received 75,321 votes while his nearest rival, Ahad Miah of the Jatiya Party, received 60,215. [11]

Shahid was re-elected to parliament in June 1996 from Moulvibazar-4 as a candidate of the Awami League. [11] He received 91,811 votes while his nearest rival, Ahad Miah of the Jatiya Party, received 59,825. [11]

Shahid was re-elected to parliament in 2001 from Moulvibazar-4 as a candidate of the Awami League. [11] He received 96,329 votes while his nearest rival, independent candidate Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury, received 70,364. [11] He was the appointed the chief whip of the opposition when the Awami League was the opposition party. [12] [13]

Shahid was re-elected to parliament in 2008 from Moulvibazar-4 as a candidate of the Awami League. [11] He received 131,740 votes while his nearest rival, Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury, received 79,599. [11] In his wealth statement he stated he made around 200 thousand as a businessman and chairman of Global Link Limited. [14] He was appointed chief whip of the Jatiya Sangshad. [15]

Shahid was elected unopposed the 2014 election from Moulvibazar-4 as a candidate of the Awami League as it was boycotted by opposition parties. [16]

Shahid was re-elected to parliament in 2018 from Moulvibazar-4 as a candidate of the Awami League. [17] He received 211,613 votes while his nearest rival, Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Md Mozibur Rahman Chowdhury, received 93,295. [17] He was a member of the Parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Finance. [18] He laid the foundation stone of a new academic building of Abul Fazal Chowdhury High School in 2018 but construction could not be completed by 2023. [19]

Shahid was re-elected to parliament in 2024 from Moulvibazar-4 as a candidate of the Awami League. [20] He was appointed the Minister of Agriculture. [21] He warned against corruption after assuming his office. [22]

Shahid was arrested after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government in October 2024. [23] He was placed in four day remand in a case filed over the death of a bus driver in anti-Hasina protest on 5 August. [24] The Anti-Corruption Commission began an investigation against Shahid. [25]

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