Shafiqur Rahaman Chowdhury ( bn, শফিকুর রহমান চৌধুরী) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Sylhet-2.

Early life and education

Chowdhury was born into a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Chandbharang in Dashghar Union, Bishwanath,

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 ...

, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). He was a descendant of Shah Chand, whom the village is named after, who was the son of Shaykh Kalu, a disciple of Shah Jalal who participated in the Muslim conquest of Sylhet in 1303. His father was Abdul Matlib Chowdhury, a notable community leader abroad, and his mother was Latifun Nisa Chowdhury. Chowdhury received his Secondary School Certificate from Chandbharang High School in 1972. He moved on to study at the Murari Chand College in

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 climate an ...

where he got his

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in 1975 and Bachelor of Arts in 1979.

Career

Chowdhury became a member of the Bangladesh Chhatra League as a student in 1969. After moving to the United Kingdom in 1978, he became involved with the

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and served numerous roles as part of the United Kingdom Awami League branch. He also served as secretary for the Tower Hamlets Community Development Trust, director of the Bethnal Green City Challenge, president of the Bishwanath Expatriate Education Trust, and secretary of the Expatriate Voting Rights Implementation Committee. He served as co-chairman for numerous sub-committees and was a member of the London Boishakhi Mela Committee,

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Bastabayan and London Bangladesh Centre Ad Hoc Committee. Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Sylhet-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2008. He resided in the United Kingdom and returned to Bangladesh for the election.

References

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