Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury


Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sunamganj-3 constituency during 2005–2006. He was elected a member of parliament for the first time in July 2005 after the death of incumbent Abdus Samad Azad, a Awami League Presidium member.[1][2][3]

Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury
শাহীনুর পাশা চৌধুরী
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Member of Parliament
for Sunamganj-3
In office
July 2005 – October 2006
Preceded byAbdus Samad Azad
Succeeded byMuhammad Abdul Mannan
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyJamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh

CareerEdit

In 1991, Chowdhury was affiliated with Chhatra Jamiat Bangladesh. He was the Central General Secretary. He is the Joint General Secretary of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh. Member of the Parliament elected from Sunamganj-3 constituency. He was elected a member of parliament for the first time after the death of former Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad, a member of the Awami League Presidium in the 2005.[1][2][4]

Chowdhury unsuccessfully contested the 2008 and 2018 elections as a candidate of the four party alliance led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jatiya Oikya Front.[5]

Chowdhury served as the legal affairs secretary of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh in 2019–2020. He is the vice-president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh. On 7 May 2021, he was detained by Criminal Investigation Department from Sylhet following riots by Hefazat during a state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[6][7][8][9]

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 "List of 8th Parliament Members". Bangladesh Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. 2.0 2.1 শাহিনুর পাশা চৌধুরী (in Bengali). Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  3. "Shahinur Pasha Chy takes oath". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  4. সুনামগঞ্জ-৩ আসনে প্রার্থীশূন্য বিএনপি. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  5. "Hefazat leader Shahinur Pasha arrested in Sylhet". Dhaka Tribune. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  6. "Hefazat leader Shahinur Pasha arrested in Sylhet". Dhaka Tribune. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  7. "Why Narendra Modi's visit to Bangladesh led to 12 deaths". BBC News. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  8. "Police arrest Shahinur Chowdhury, a former MP with Hifazat ties". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  9. "Ex-MP sent to jail over Hefajat mayhem". The Daily Star. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.