Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu | |
Native Name: | শরফুদ্দিন আহমেদ ঝন্টু |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | 1st Mayor of Rangpur |
Term Start: | 28 June 2012 |
Term End: | 20 December 2017 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Successor: | Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa |
Office1: | Member of Parliament |
Constituency1: | Rangpur-1 |
Parliament: | Bangladesh |
Term Start1: | 14 July 1996 |
Term End1: | 13 July 2001 |
Predecessor1: | Karimuddin Bharsa |
Successor1: | Mashiur Rahaman Ranga |
Birth Date: | 1952 |
Birth Place: | Rangpur, East Pakistan |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu (1952 – 25 February 2018) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member who represented Rangpur-1 constituency. He also served as the first mayor of the Rangpur City Corporation during 2012–2017.[1]
Jhantu was elected to parliament from Rangpur-1 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1996.[2] He served as the Chairman of Rangpur Sadar Upazila and Rangpur Municipality. He was elected the first Mayor of Rangpur City in 2012. He again contested the 2017 mayoral election as an Awami League candidate but lost to the Jatiya Party candidate Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa.[3]
Jhantu died on 25 Feb 2018 in Labaid Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[4] [5]