Salim Uddin ( bn, সেলিম উদ্দিন) is a Bangladeshi politician and the incumbent Member of Parliament from

Sylhet-5 Sylhet-5 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2019 by Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Kanaighat and Zakiganj Zakiganj ( bn, জক� ...

Early life

Salim Uddin was born on 6 April 1960 in Nalbahar village of Tilpara Union in

Beanibazar Upazila Beanibazar ( bn, বিয়ানীবাজার, Biyanībazar, Morning Market) is an upazila (sub-district) of Sylhet District in northeastern Bangladesh, part of the Sylhet Division. The area is the successor of the territory of Panchakhanda ...

Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climat ...

district of then

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

. His father's name is Ashad Uddin and mother's name is Azizun Necha. He completed his undergrad at the

University of Greenwich , mottoeng = "To learn, to do, to achieve" , former_name = Woolwich Polytechnic(1890–1970)Thames Polytechnic(1970–1992) , established = , type = Public university , budget = £214.9 million (2020) , administrative_staff = , chancel ...

Career

Salim Uddin started his political life by joining Jatiya Party in 1996. He is the International Affairs Advisor to Jatiya Party Chairman

GM Quader Ghulam Muhammed Quader ( bn, গোলাম মোহাম্মদ কাদের; born 24 February 1948), better known as GM Quader, is a Bangladeshi politician and the current chairperson of Jatiya Party. He is the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad ...

. He is the former president of

Sylhet District Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট), located in north-east Bangladesh, is the divisional capital and one of the four districts in the Sylhet Division. History Sylhet district was established on 3 January 1782, and until 1878 it was part of Bengal Pro ...

Jatiya Party. Uddin was elected to Parliament from

as a candidate of Jatiya Party in

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

. In the 9th National Parliament, he served as the Opposition Whip and as a member of the Standing Committee of the National Parliament on Foreign Affairs. In 2017, there was a viral video of him arguing with a traffic officer after his car tried to enter the wrong way.

References

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