Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury | |
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শাহাদাত হোসেন চৌধুরী | |
Election Commissioner of Bangladesh | |
In office 15 February 2017 –14 February 2022 | |
President | Abdul Hamid |
Preceded by | Md. Zabed Ali |
Succeeded by | Ahsan Habib Khan |
Personal details | |
Born | Companiganj,East Pakistan,Pakistan | 1 April 1959
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Spouse | Sarwat Chowdhury |
Alma mater | Chittagong University MCTE Defence Services Command and Staff College |
Profession | Military officer,Election Commissioner |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | ![]() |
Years of service | 1982–2010 |
Rank | ![]() ![]() |
Unit | Armoured Corps |
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Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury(afwc,psc,te) (born 1959) is a retired Brigadier general of Bangladesh Army who also served as one of the Election Commissioners of Bangladesh [1] during 2017-2022.
Chowdhury was born in 1959 in Companiganj Upazila of Noakhali district of the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to Ali Imam Chowdhury and Ferdous Ara Begum. [2] He is the second among his five siblings. [1] He completed his Secondary School Certificate from Basurhat A. H. C. Government High School in 1974 and Higher Secondary School Certificate from Chittagong College in 1976. [2] He earned his graduation in Mathematics from Chittagong University. [1]
On 7 February 2017,President Abdul Hamid appointed Chowdhury to the post of Election Commissioner in the Bangladesh Election Commission under Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda. [3]
Chowdhury oversaw the 11th parliamentary elections of Bangladesh in 2018. [4]
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