| Shawkat Momen Shahjahan | |
| Office: | Member of Bangladesh Parliament |
| Constituency: | Tangail-8 |
| Term Start: | 25 January 2009 |
| Term End: | 20 January 2014 |
| Predecessor: | Abdul Kader Siddique |
| Successor: | Anupam Shahjahan |
| Constituency1: | Tangail-8 |
| Term Start1: | 1999 |
| Term End1: | 2001 |
| Predecessor1: | Abdul Kader Siddique |
| Successor1: | Abdul Kader Siddique |
| Term Start2: | 1986 |
| Term End2: | 1988 |
| Predecessor2: | Morshed Ali Khan Panni |
| Successor2: | Morshed Ali Khan Panni |
| Constituency2: | Tangail-8 |
| Birth Date: | 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Sakhipur,Tangail,Bangladesh |
| Death Date: | 20 January 2014 (Aged 63) |
| Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
| Native Name: | শওকত মোমেন শাহজাহান |
| Native Name Lang: | Bangla |
| Children: | Anupam Shahjahan Joy |
Shawkat Momen Shahjahan was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a Member of Parliament.[1]
Shajahan was born in 1951. He studied at the Bangladesh Agriculture University in Mymensingh. He worked as a lecturer in Bangladesh Agriculture University after graduating. Later he married Shobnam Momtaz, and had a child, Anupam Shahjahan Joy, the current MP of Tangail-8.[2]
Shahjahan was elected to Parliament in 1986 Tangail-8 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. He won the by-poll in 1999 from Tangail-8 and was re-elected again in December 2008 General elections. He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Agriculture Ministry. He was elected unopposed in the 10th parliamentary election on 5 January 2014.[3] He has called on the government of Bangladesh to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord to avert violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region.[4]
Shahjahan died on 20 January 2014. His constituency, Tangail-8, fail vacant after his death. On 29 March 2014, by-elections were held and his son, Anupam Shahjahan Joy, was elected to Parliament.[5]