Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee | |
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শহীদ উদ্দিন চৌধুরী এ্যানি | |
| Anee in 2026 | |
| Minister for Water Resources | |
| Assumed office 17 February 2026 | |
| Prime Minister | Tarique Rahman |
| Preceded by | Syeda Rizwana Hasan |
| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Lakshmipur-3 | |
| Assumed office 17 February 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Golam Faruque Pinku |
| In office 28 October 2001 –24 January 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Khairul Enam |
| Succeeded by | A.K.M. Shahjahan Kamal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Md. Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee 2 February 1968 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Party | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
Md. Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee (born 2 February 1968) [1] is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a member of Jatiya Sangsad representing the Lakshmipur-3 constituency. He is currently serving as the minister of water resources of Bangladesh. [2]
Anee was elected to parliament from Laxmipur-3 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001 and 2008. [3] He is the Publicity Affairs Secretary of the party. [4] His 2018 election campaign was attacked by Bangladesh Jubo League and Bangladesh Chhatra League members. [5]
In August 2008,Anee was jailed after he had surrendered on charges for extorting Tk 25 lakh from a construction firm in 2005. [6]
In October 2014,Anti-Corruption Commission filed charges against Anee for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 1.4 core and concealing information about Tk 13.14 lakh. [7]
In January 2016,Anee was sent to jail after two Dhaka courts denied him bail in nine violence cases. [8]
In January 2019,Anee got a bail in a case filed over a clash during the national elections campaign. [9]
In February 2026,Anee won the 13th Bangladeshi general election contesting at the Lakshmipur-3 constituency securing 135,612 votes while his nearest opponent Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Md Rezaul Karim received 122,802 votes. [10]