| Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury | |
| Native Name: | শাহাদাত হোসেন চৌধুরী |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Election Commissioner of Bangladesh |
| Term Start: | 15 February 2017 |
| Term End: | 14 February 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Md. Zabed Ali |
| Successor: | Ahsan Habib Khan |
| President: | Abdul Hamid |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Companiganj, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Spouse: | Sarwat Chowdhury |
| Alma Mater: | Chittagong University MCTE Defence Services Command and Staff College |
| Profession: | Military officer, Election Commissioner |
| Serviceyears: | 1982–2010 |
| Rank: | Brigadier General |
| Unit: | Armoured Corps |
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Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury (afwc, psc, te) (born 1959) is a retired Brigadier general of Bangladesh Army who also served as one of the Election Commissioners of Bangladesh[1] during 2017-2022.
Chowdhury was born in 1959 in Companiganj Upazila of Noakhali district of the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to Ali Imam Chowdhury and Ferdous Ara Begum.[2] He is the second among his five siblings.[1] He completed his Secondary School Certificate from Basurhat A. H. C. Government High School in 1974 and Higher Secondary School Certificate from Chittagong College in 1976.[2] He earned his graduation in Mathematics from Chittagong University.[1]
On 7 February 2017, President Abdul Hamid appointed Chowdhury to the post of Election Commissioner in the Bangladesh Election Commission under Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda.[3]
Chowdhury oversaw the 11th parliamentary elections of Bangladesh in 2018.[4]