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| name = Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu<br />
| native_name = শরফুদ্দিন আহমেদ ঝন্টু<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| office = [[Rangpur City Corporation|Mayor of Rangpur]]<br />
| term_start = 2012<br />
| term_end = 2017<br />
| predecessor = ''Position established''<br />
| successor = [[Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa]]<br />
| constituency_MP1 = [[Rangpur-1]]<br />
| parliament = Bangladesh<br />
| term_start1 = 14 July 1996<br />
| term_end1 = 13 July 2001<br />
| predecessor1 = Karimuddin Bharsa<br />
| successor1 = [[Mashiur Rahaman Ranga]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1952}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Rangpur, Bangladesh|Rangpur]], [[East Pakistan]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and given age|2018|02|25|df=y|66}}<br />
| death_place = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh<br />
| nationality = [[Bangladesh]]i<br />
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu''' (1952 – 25 February 2018)<ref name=death/> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/jp-set-win-rangpur-1508536|title=JP wins big in bastion|date=2017-12-22|work=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Jhantu was elected to parliament from Rangpur-1 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1996.<ref name="votemonitor024">{{cite web |url=http://votemonitor.net:80/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=24 |title=Parliament Election Result of 1991,1996,2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=Vote Monitor Networks |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224220911/http://votemonitor.net/bangladesh/EADetails_1991_1996_2001.php?EA=24 |archive-date=24 December 2008}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=death>{{cite news |title=Ex-Rangpur city mayor Jhantu dies at age 66 |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/02/25/ex-rangpur-city-mayor-jhantu-dies-at-age-66 |access-date=12 October 2019 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Jhantu died on 25 Feb 2018 in Labaid Hospital, [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-mayor of Rangpur city Jhantu dies |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/ex-mayor-rangpur-city-corporation-sharfuddin-ahmed-jhantu-dies-1539883 |access-date=12 October 2019 |work=The Daily Star |date=25 February 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rangpur city ex-mayor Jhantu passes away |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/291411/2018/02/25/Rangpur-city-exmayor-Jhantu-passes-away- |access-date=12 October 2019 |work=Daily Sun |language=en}}</ref><br />
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