Shawkat Chowdhury Explained

Shawkat Chowdhury
Native Name:শওকত চৌধুরী
Native Name Lang:bn
Constituency Mp:Nilphamari-4
Term Start:29 January 2014
Term End:28 January 2019
Predecessor:A. A. Maruf Saklain
Successor:Ahsan Adelur Rahman
Party:Jatiya Party
Birth Date:1 August 1963
Nationality:Bangladeshi

Shawkat Chowdhury (born 1 August 1963)[1] is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Nilphamari-4 constituency during 2014–2019.

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Nilphamari-4 in 2014 as a candidate of the Jatiya Party in an uncontested election.[2] In 2017, he was imprisoned for defaulting on 1.34 billion taka loan from Bangladesh Commerce Bank.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constituency 15_10th_En . 2022-05-22 . Bangaldesh Parliament . https://web.archive.org/web/20230406180218/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=2433 . 2023-04-06.
  2. News: Nilphamari-4: JP leader 'asks' followers to support BNP candidate . 5 April 2019 . The Daily Star . 25 December 2018 . en.
  3. News: MP Shawkat must pay Tk 50 million to retain bail . 5 April 2019 . bdnews24.com . 4 December 2017.
  4. News: MP Shawkat's bail to be scrapped if he doesn't pay Tk25cr . 5 April 2019 . The Daily Star . 22 October 2017 . en.