Shahiduzzaman Sarker | |
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শহীদুজ্জামান সরকার | |
Minister of State for Planning | |
In office 1 March 2024 –5 August 2024 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Minister | Abdus Salam |
Member of Parliament for Naogaon-2 | |
In office 25 January 2009 –6 August 2024 | |
Preceded by | SM Nuruzzaman |
Succeeded by | Shamsuzzoha Khan |
In office 1991–1995 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Naogaon District,East Pakistan,Pakistan | 13 December 1955
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Relations | Abbas Ali Mandal (father-in-law) |
Shahiduzzaman Sarker is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing Naogaon-2 constituency. He is a former Minister of State for Ministry of Planning. Sarkar previously served as the Whip of Treasury Bench of the Parliament of Bangladesh. [1] On 1 May 2020,he became the first member of the Bangladesh Parliament to test positive for COVID-19. [2]
Sarkar was born on 13 December 1955. [3]
Sarker was elected to the parliament from Naogaon-2 in 1991 as a candidate of Bangladesh Awami League. [4] He was re-elected in 2008. [5] He was elected unopposed in 2014 after the main opposition,Bangladesh Nationalist Party,boycotted the election. [6] He was made the parliamentary whip on 25 January 2014. [7]
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