Sheikh Afil Uddin | |
Constituency Mp: | Jessore-1 |
Parliament: | Bangladesh |
Term Start: | 25 January 2009 |
Term End: | 6 August 2024 |
Predecessor: | Ali Kadar |
Relatives: | Sheikh Bashir Uddin (brother) |
Birth Date: | 6 May 1966 |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Sheikh Afil Uddin (born 6 May 1966)[1] is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Jessore-1 constituency.[2]
Afil Uddin was born on 6 May 1966.[3] His father, Sheikh Akij Uddin, is the founder of Akij Group.[4] He is also related to fellow member of parliament Monirul Islam Monir.
Afil Uddin was elected to parliament in 2008.[5] He was reelected to government in the 5 January 2014 elections unopposed. In the elections, a voice recording of his emerged in which he appeared to instruct fellow Awami League candidates on how to rig the elections.[6]
Afil Uddin was re-elected in 2018 with 325,793 votes from Jessore-2 while his nearest rival, Abu Sayed Muhammad Shahadat Hussain of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 13,940 votes.[7]