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{{Short description|Bangladeshi businessman and politician}}
{{For|former Director General of Bangladesh Rifles|Sofi Ahmed Chowdhury}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Shafi Ahmed Chowdhury Qureshi
| image =
| width =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Dakshin Surma Upazila|Dakshin Surma]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Sylhet-3]] [[Jatiya Sangsad]]
| termstart2 = 2001
| termend2 = 2006
| president2 =
| term = 2nd
| nationality = [[Bangladeshi]]
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| predecessor1 = [[Abdul Mukit Khan]]
| successor1 = [[Abdul Mukit Khan]]
| native_name = শফি আহমেদ চৌধুরী কোরেশী
| native_name_lang = en
| termstart = Feb 1996
| termend = Jun 1996
| predecessor2 = [[Abdul Mukit Khan]]
| successor2 = [[Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury]]
}}
'''Shafi Ahmed Chowdhury''' Qureshi is a Bangladeshi businessman and politician. He is a two-time Member of Parliament elected from [[Sylhet-3]] seat in the Bangladesh National Parliamentary Election. He was elected a member of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] in the [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|February 1996 elections]] and the [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|October 2001 elections]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf|title=List of 6th Parliament Members|website=Bangladesh Parliament|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915084544/http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/6th%20Parliament%20.pdf|archive-date=15 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/images/pdf/formermp-bangla/8th%20Parliament%20.pdf|title=List of 8th Parliament Members|website=Bangladesh Parliament|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626152509/https://election.prothomalo.com/candidates/1458|archive-date=26 June 2019|access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/second-edition/115644/সিলেট-৩-আসনে-বিএনপির-প্রার্থী-কে|script-title=bn:সিলেট-৩ আসনে বিএনপির প্রার্থী কে|work=Jugantor |language=bn |access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://election.prothomalo.com/seat/231|script-title=bn:সিলেট-৩|work=Prothom Alo|language=bn|access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref>

== Birth and early life ==
Shafi Ahmed Chowdhury was born into a [[Bengali Muslim]] family in [[Dakshin Surma Upazila|South Surma]] of [[Sylhet District]], Bangladesh. The family claimed descent from the [[Arab]] [[Quraysh]] tribe.

== Career ==
In his personal life he is a businessman.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/wholecountry/9835/সিলেট-৩--মূল-প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায়-আওয়ামী-লীগ-বিএনপি|script-title=bn:সিলেট-৩ : মূল প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বিতায় আওয়ামী লীগ-বিএনপি |work=The Daily Ittefaq |language=bn |access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref>

== Political life ==
He participated in all the elections from that [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986 year]]. He did not join [[2014 Bangladeshi general election|2014 Election]] the [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party|party]] in the decision. elected a member of the [[Jatiya Sangsad]] in the [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election|February 1996 elections]] and the [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|October 2001 elections]]. He was defeated in the [[1986 Bangladeshi general election|1986]], [[1991 Bangladeshi general election|1991]], [[June 1996 Bangladeshi general election|June 1996]], [[2008 Bangladeshi general election|2008]] and [[2018 Bangladeshi general election|2018 election]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":02" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/mathe-ghate-voter-kotha/news/bd/674838.details|script-title=bn:সিলেট-৩ আসনে প্রার্থীজটে আ’লীগ-বিএনপি-জাপা|work=banglanews24.com |language=bn | access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.bhorerkagoj.com/print-edition/2018/11/17/221905.php|script-title=bn:সংসদীয় আসন সিলেট-৩ : আওয়ামী লীগে ৮ বিএনপিতে ৫ ও জাপায় ৩ মনোনয়ন প্রত্যাশী|work=Bhorer Kagoj |language=bn |access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://risingbd.com/parliament-election-news/285099|script-title=bn:সিলেটে ৫টিতে নৌকা বিজয়ী, একটিতে উদীয়মান সূর্য|work=Risingbd.com |language=bn |access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[February 1996 Bangladeshi general election]]
* [[2001 Bangladeshi general election]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Bangladesh Nationalist Party politicians]]
[[Category:6th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:People from Dakshin Surma Upazila]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi businesspeople]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi people of Arab descent]]
[[Category:21st-century Bengalis]]
[[Category:20th-century Bengalis]]

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