Shajahan Chowdhury (Chittagong politician) explained

Shajahan Chowdhury
Native Name:	শাজাহান চৌধুরী
Office:	Member of Parliament
Constituency:	Chittagong-14
Term Start:	20 March 1991
Term End:	30 March 1996
Predecessor:	Ibrahim Bin Khalil
Successor:	Oli Ahmad
Constituency1:	Chittagong-14
Term Start1:	1 October 2001
Term End1:	29 October 2006
Predecessor1:	Oli Ahmad
Successor1:	Samsul Islam
Birth Place:	Satkania, Chittagong, East Pakistan
Party:	Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Nationality:	Bangladeshi
Module:	Embed: yes Denomination: Sunni

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]

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Chittagong-14 as a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate in 1991 and 2001.^[2]

Chowdhury was arrested on 1 May 2019. According to the local police, there had been 50 violence cases against him.^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: Ex-Jamaat MP Shahjahan held . 4 November 2019 . Prothom Alo . en.
2. Web site: Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics . Vote Monitor Networks . 11 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081228234909/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=292 . 28 December 2008 . dead .
3. News: Ex-Jamaat MP Shahjahan Chowhdury held. 1 May 2019. Dhaka Tribune. 11 January 2020.