Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury

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Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury
শাহদাব আকবর চৌধুরী
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Member of the Bangladesh Parliament
for Faridpur-2
In office
15 November 2022 6 August 2024

Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury (born 13 July 1962) [1] is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Faridpur-2 constituency elected at the 2022 by-polls. [2] [3] The seat became vacant when then incumbent, Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, also his mother, died in office on 11 September 2022. [4]

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Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury is also known as Labu Chowdhury [5]

Background

Shahdab was born to Golam Akbar Chowdhury (d. 2015) and Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury (d. 2022). [6]

Political career

At the bypoll election held on 5 November 2022, Chowdhury received 68,812 votes out of the 83,690, while his only opponent, Zainul Abedin Bakul Miah of Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan got 14,878. [4]

References

  1. "Member profile". Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. "Sajeda's son Labu gets AL nomination in Faridpur-2 by-polls". BSS. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  3. "Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury takes oath as MP". jagonews24.com. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Shahdab Akbar Chowdhury elected MP in Faridpur-2 bypolls amid low turnout". bdnews24.com. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  5. "Son Labu gets AL nomination in Sajeda Chowdhury's vacant seat - National - observerbd.com". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  6. "Golam Akbar Chowdhury passes away". The Daily Star. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2022.