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Adding local short description: "Bangladeshi journalist and politician", overriding Wikidata description "Bangladeshi politician" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Bangladeshi journalist and politician}}
{{update|reason=Mahmud has been in and out of jail since 2015 [https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/08/18/police-arrest-bnp-chiefs-advisor-shawkat-mahmud][https://www.jagonews24.com/en/politics/news/5429]|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Shaukat Mahmood
| native_name = শওকত মাহমুদ
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Shaukat Mahmood, March 2010.jpg
| caption = Mahmood in 2010
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|07|29|df=y}}
district Comilla, Upazila Brahmanpara, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
| party = [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]]
| occupation = Newspaper editor, political advisor
| education = [[University of Dhaka]]
| spouse = Ferdousi Mahmood
}}
'''Shaukat Mahmood''' (born 29 July 1959; also spelled as '''Shawkat Mahmud''') is a Bangladeshi journalist and politician.

For years he has been a journalist community leader and held responsible posts in country's [[National Press Club (Bangladesh)|National Press Club]].<ref>[http://www.mediabangladesh.net/pressclub.php President of National Press Club], Media Bangladesh</ref>

At [[The 5th National Council of Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] on 8 December 2009, Shaukat Mahmood became an adviser to the party chairperson [[Begum Khaleda Zia]]. Later the party named him as a vice chairman of the 6th council in August 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bd-pratidin.com/editorial/2016/08/20/164512 |script-title=bn:বিএনপি কমিটি-'কাঁচা' হাত-'পাকা' হাত |work=[[Bangladesh Pratidin]] |date=20 August 2016 |language=bn}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

Mahmood graduated from [[Mass communication|mass communication and journalism]] in the Dhaka University in 1980. He was awarded the fellowship of [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] at [[Tufts University]], [[Boston]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fletcher.tufts.edu/alumni/pdfdocs/UPDATED%20Fletcher%20FallWinter09.pdf |title=Fletcher Alumni, Fall'09 |website=[[The Fletcher School]], [[Tufts University]] |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612142147/http://fletcher.tufts.edu/alumni/pdfdocs/UPDATED%20Fletcher%20FallWinter09.pdf |archive-date=12 June 2011}}</ref>

==Career in journalism==
Mahmood's early career in journalism comprises his association as a senior staff reporter with the one of the oldest left-leaning Bengali newspaper ''[[The Sangbad]]''. He also served as a senior journalist as well as in the panels of editorial of the dailies ''Dinkal'', ''[[Amar Desh]]'', ''[[Amader Shomoy]]'' and ''Matribhumi''.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}

As a journalist Shaukat Mahmood presently serves as editor of ''[[Weekly Economic Times]]'' and has been an adviser of [[Channel One (Bangladesh)|Channel One]], which was shut down by the [[Government of Bangladesh#2009-Presen Sheikh Hasina|government]] on 27 April 2010.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:চ্যানেল ওয়ান বন্ধ |trans-title=Channel One Off |url=http://www.bdnews24.com/bangla/details.php?cid=2&id=125354 |language=bn |newspaper=Bdnews24.com |date=27 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319055435/http://www.bdnews24.com/bangla/details.php?cid=2&id=125354 |archive-date=19 March 2012}}</ref> Mahmood was elected as the general secretary of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) along with Ruhul A Gazi, special correspondent of ''[[The Daily Sangram]]'', elected as the president.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:বিএফইউজে নির্বাচন: রুহুল সভাপতি, শওকত মহাসচিব |trans-title=Shaukat Elected BFUJ Secretary-General |url=http://cricket.bdnews24.com/bangla/details.php?id=153137&cid=3 |newspaper=Bdnews24.com |date=20 March 2011 |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814022002/http://cricket.bdnews24.com/bangla/details.php?id=153137&cid=3 |archive-date=14 August 2011}}</ref>

In 1990 Mahmood was elected as General Secretary of the National Press Club, Dhaka. He served two consecutive terms as the general secretary. Another two terms of his being GS came in 2002 and he again held the post until 2006. In 2007, Shaukat Mahmood was elected as the president of National Press Club. The tenure ended as he stepped aside from running in the immediate next election in 2011. Mahmood presently serves as the editor of 1995-established ''Weekly Economic Times''. He is also actively serving as an adviser of the ''Weekly Ekhon'' editorial panel.

==Politics==
Mahmood's official entry into politics took place after the party's [[The 5th National Council of Bangladesh Nationalist Party|December 2008 council]] named him as an adviser to the [[Party Chair|chairperson]] of [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]].

* After being appointed as Advisor to the former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, the duty was included in the Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the 6th Council after performing this duty. Earlier, from 2012 to 2016, His own, Upazila's Brahmanpura unit of Comilla was the convenor of the BNP.....
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.focusbangla.com/news1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24365:2009-12-08-11-27-00&catid=54:2008-09-13-08-08-16&Itemid=181 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711014234/http://www.focusbangla.com/news1/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24365:2009-12-08-11-27-00&catid=54:2008-09-13-08-08-16&Itemid=181 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2011 |title=Highlights : 5th BNP Council |website=Focus Bangla}}</ref> Upon the appointment, Mahmood actively took part in the grass-root conferences of the party in [[Khulna]], [[Jessore (city)|Jessore]], [[Barisal]] and [[Mymensingh]].<ref>[http://www.bnp-bd.com/e107_plugins/newsfeed/newsfeed.php News Feed of Bangladesh Nationalist Party], Bangladesh Nationalist Party website {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031072256/http://www.bnp-bd.com/e107_plugins/newsfeed/newsfeed.php |date=31 October 2009}}</ref>

Mahmood was nominated as a vice-chairman of BNP at the 6th party council held in August 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.banglatribune.com/politics/news/128919/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%93%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87 |script-title=bn:সাংবাদিক থেকে রাজনীতিবিদ |trans-title=From journalists to politicians |work=Bangla Tribune |language=bn}}</ref>

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>Simeon: Adding local short description: "Bangladeshi journalist and politician", overriding Wikidata description "Bangladeshi politician" (Shortdesc helper)