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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = Sheikh Afil Uddin<br />
|office = Member of Parliament<br />
|term_start = 29 December 2008<br />
|term_end = 5 January 2014<br />
|predecessor = Ali Kadar<br />
|successor = Sheikh Afil Uddin<br />
|term_start2 = 14 January 2014<br />
|term_end2 = 7 January 2019<br />
|predecessor2 = Sheikh Afil Uddin<br />
|successor2 = Sheikh Afil Uddin<br />
|term_start3 = 30 January 2019<br />
|term_end3 = <br />
|predecessor3 = Sheikh Afil Uddin<br />
|successor3 = <br />
|birth_date = <br />
|birth_place = <br />
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|party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]<br />
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'''Sheikh Afil Uddin''' is a [[Bangladesh]] Awami League politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from [[Jessore-1]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Blaze at Benapole land port |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/blaze-benapole-land-port-1293097 |work=The Daily Star |date=3 October 2016 |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Uddin was born on 6 May 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sk. Afil Uddin -শেখ আফিল উদ্দিন Biography|url=https://amarmp.com/mp/153/biography|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Amarmp|language=en}}</ref> His father, [[Sheikh Akij Uddin]], is the founder of [[Akij Group]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Akij group director Momin Uddin dies of COVID-19|url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/114462/akij-group-director-momin-uddin-dies-of-covid-19|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-07|website=New Age|language=en}}</ref> He is also related to fellow member of parliament [[Manirul Islam Monir|Monirul Islam Monir]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
Uddin was elected to parliament in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shooting of a boy by a lawmaker |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/shooting-boy-lawmaker-154264 |work=The Daily Star |date=9 October 2015 |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=An MP's lesson on rigging votes |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/an-mps-lesson-on-rigging-votes-5235 |work=The Daily Star |date=3 January 2014 |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-11-25|title=Jashore-2 - Constituency detail of Bangladesh General Election 2018|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/seats?s=Jashore-2&d=khulna|access-date=2021-07-08|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><br />
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