Mohammed Abdus Shahid | |
Native Name: | মোঃ আব্দুস শহীদ |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | Minister of Agriculture |
Term Start: | 11 January 2024 |
Term End: | 6 August 2024 |
Predecessor: | Mohammad Abdur Razzaque |
Constituency Mp2: | Moulvibazar-4 |
Parliament2: | Bangladesh |
Term Start2: | 14 July 1996 |
Term End2: | 6 August 2024[1] |
Predecessor2: | Shafiqur Rahman |
Term Start3: | 5 March 1991 |
Term End3: | 24 November 1995 |
Predecessor3: | Ahad Miah |
Successor3: | Shafiqur Rahman |
Office4: | 6th Chief Whip of Jatiya Sangsad |
1Blankname4: | Speaker |
Term Start4: | 25 January 2009 |
Term End4: | 24 January 2014 |
Predecessor4: | Khandaker Delwar Hossain |
Successor4: | A. S. M. Feroz |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1948 |
Birth Place: | Sylhet, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Mohammed Abdus Shahid (born 1 January 1948)[2] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Minister of Agriculture of Bangladesh.[3] [4] [5] [6] He also served as a member of Jatiya Sangsad 7 consecutive times representing the Moulvibazar-4 constituency.[7] [8] He was the former Chief Whip of the ruling party in the 9th National Parliament.[9]
Abdus Shahid was born on 1 January 1948. He has a master's degree in communication.[10]
Shahid was elected to Parliament in 1991, 1996, 2001, 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024 from Moulvibazar-4 constituency as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. He was the previously the Chief Whip of the opposition when Awami League was the opposition party.[11] [12] He was also a former president of Moulvibazar District Awami League.