AKM Enamul Hoque Shameem (born 10 November 1965) is a

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politician and a former

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad (), often simply referred to as Sangsad and also known as is the unicameral Legislature, legislative body of Bangladesh. The current parliament of Bangladesh contains 350 seats, including 50 seats reserved exclusively for w ...

member representing the

Shariatpur-2 Shariatpur-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by AKM Enamul Haque Shamim of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Naria Upazila and the Sakhipur Thana portio ...

constituency. He served as deputy minister of the ministry of Water Resources during 2019-2024.

Early life and education

Shameem was born in 1965 to

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parents Abul Hashem Miah and Begum Ashrafunnesa in the village of Malatkandi in Bhedarganj,

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(now

Shariatpur District Shariatpur District () is a district in Dhaka Division of central Bangladesh. Shariatpur is named after the Islamic revivalist, Haji Shariatullah. Etymology Shariatpur was named after Haji Shariatullah (1781–1840), who was the founder of Faraiz ...

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). He completed his education from the A. M. High School in

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and

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. He graduated from the

Jahangirnagar University Jahangirnagar University (, abbreviated as JU; initially started as Jahangirnagar Muslim University; ) is a fully residential public university, public research university located in Savar Upazila, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in ...

Career

Shameem was elected to Parliament on 30 December 2018 from Shariatpur-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Water Resources. He was voted VP of JUCSU (Jahangirnagar University Central Student Union) from 1989 to 1991. He led Bangladesh Chhatra League (student league) as the President from 1994 to 1998. He was also a member of the central committee of Bangladesh Awami League and served as the Organising Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League. He is the founder of

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. His brother AKM Aminul Haque is a serving Major General of Bangladesh Army.

References

Living people 1965 births People from Bhedarganj Upazila Politicians from Dhaka Division Jahangirnagar University alumni Awami League politicians Deputy ministers of water resources of Bangladesh 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 12th Jatiya Sangsad members {{Dhaka-AL-politician-stub