Shajahan Chowdhury | |
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শাজাহান চৌধুরী | |
Member of Parliament | |
In office 20 March 1991 –30 March 1996 | |
Preceded by | Ibrahim Bin Khalil |
Succeeded by | Oli Ahmad |
Constituency | Chittagong-14 |
In office 1 October 2001 –29 October 2006 | |
Preceded by | Oli Ahmad |
Succeeded by | Samsul Islam |
Constituency | Chittagong-14 |
Personal details | |
Born | Satkania,Chittagong,East Pakistan |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Political party | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami |
Personal | |
Denomination | Sunni |
Main interest(s) | |
Shajahan Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Chittagong-14 constituency. Currently, he is serving as the Ameer of Chittagong Metropolitan unit of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. [1]
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Chowdhury was arrested on 1 May 2019. According to the local police, there had been 50 violence cases against him. [3]
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