Shafiqur Rahman ( bn, শফিকুর রহমান) is a Bangladeshi politician, physician and current amir of

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী, Bānglādēsh Jāmāyatē Islāmī, Bangladesh Islamic Assembly), previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, or Jamaat for short, was ...

. He served as Jamaat's

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from October 2016 to November 2019. He was elected the Jamaat-e-Islami

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on November 12, 2019. He was former acting secretary general of the party. Before his being acting secretary general, he had been ''Ameer'' (leader) of the

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 ...

city branch of the party.

Primary life

Shafiqur Rahman was born on October 31, 1958 at Vatera Union under

Kulaura Upazila Kulaura ( bn, কুলাউড়া) is the biggest upazila (subdistrict) of the Moulvibazar District in north-eastern Bangladesh. The total area of this upazila is 545 km2. Hakaluki Haor, the largest marsh wetland in Sylhet and one of the ...

Moulvibazar District Moulvibazar ( bn, মৌলভীবাজার) also spelled Maulvibazar, Moulavibazar, and Maulavibazar, (former South Sylhet) is the southeastern district of Sylhet Division in northeastern Bangladesh, named after the town of Moulvibazar. It ...

. His father's name Abru Mia and mother name is Khatibun. He is the third son his family. Rahman passed the SSC from the local Baramachal High School in 1974 and then passed the HSC from the

MC College Murari Chand College ( bn, মুরারিচাঁদ কলেজ) (usually referred to as MC College) was the first college in the Sylhet Division. It was established in 1892, making it the seventh oldest college in Bangladesh. Since then i ...

in Sylhet at 1976. He got his MBBS degree from

Sylhet Medical College The Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College (SOMC) ( bn, সিলেট এম.এ.জি ওসমানী মেডিকেল কলেজ) is a government medical school in Bangladesh, established in 1962. It is located in Sylhet. Originally name ...

in 1983.

Career

Rahman started his political life through the Jasad Chhatra League in 1973. He Joined

Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir ( bn, বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ছাত্রশিবির), is an Islamic student organization based in Bangladesh. It was established on 15 February 1996. The organisation is generally under ...

in 1977. While studying in Sylhet Osmani Medical College, he became president of the Chatra Shibir medical branch and later the

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 ...

branch. In 1984, joined the Jamaat-e-Islami. Later he served as Sylhet's

. After taking office at the central level as Assistant Secretary General in 2010, and the first acting

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on September 19, 2011, he took over as Secretary General in 2016.

Personal life

Rahman was married on January 5, 1985 to Dr. Ameena Begum. Amena Begum served as the

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for the reserved seats in the eighth Jatiyo Sangshad election. The couple has 2 daughters and 1 son.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Shafiqur Living people Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politicians Bangladeshi Islamists People from Kulaura Upazila 1958 births Murari Chand College alumni Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Alumni 21st-century Bengalis 20th-century Bengalis