Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury (; born 1969) is a Bangladeshi politician from

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and a former

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member representing the

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constituency during 2005–2006. He was elected a member of parliament for the first time in July 2005 after the death of incumbent

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, a

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presidium member.

Early life and education

Chowdhury was born in 1969 to a

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family in

Patli Union Patli Union Parishad () is a union parishad under Jagannathpur Upazila of Sunamganj District in the division of Sylhet, Bangladesh. It has an area of 32.52 square kilometres and a population of 21,383. Geography Patli Union shares borders with ...

, Jagannathpur,

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. He completed a Masters from

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at the Jamia Qasimul Uloom Madrasa, and then completed a degree at the

Murari Chand College Murari Chand College () (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 it has played an important role in the education ...

. After that, he studied law at the

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Career

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

constituency. He was elected a member of parliament for the first time after the death of former Foreign Minister

, a member of the

Presidium in the 2005. 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. Chowdhury served as the legal affairs secretary of

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in 2019–2020. He is the vice-president of

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. On 7 May 2021, he was detained by Criminal Investigation Department from Sylhet following riots by Hefazat during a state visit of Prime Minister

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. He joined Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis on 16 December 2024.

References

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