Sheikh Afil Uddin (born 6 May 1966) is a

Bangladesh Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

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

Jessore-1 Jessore-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by popula ...

constituency.

Early life

Afil Uddin was born on 6 May 1966. His father,

Sheikh Akij Uddin Sheikh Akij Uddin (1929 – 10 October 2006) was a leading Bangladeshi entrepreneur and the founding chairman of Bangladeshi conglomerate Akij Group. Early life Akij Uddin was born on 1929 in Madhyadanga, Phultala, Khulna, East Bengal, British R ...

, is the founder of

Akij Group Akij Group is a Bangladeshi industrial conglomerate founded by Sheikh Akijuddin in 1940. The industries under this conglomerate include textiles, tobacco, food and beverage, cement, ceramics, printing and packaging, pharmaceuticals, consumer pro ...

. He is also related to fellow member of parliament Monirul Islam Monir.

Career

Afil Uddin was elected to parliament in 2008. He was reelected to government in the 5 January 2014 elections unopposed. In the elections, a voice recording of his emerged in which he appeared to instruct fellow Awami League candidates on how to rig the elections. Afil Uddin was re-elected in 2018 with 325,793 votes from Jessore-2 while his nearest rival,

Abu Sayed Muhammad Shahadat Hussain Abu Sayeed Md. Shahadat Hussain (8 December 1955 – 30 May 2020), commonly known as Muhaddis Abu Sayeed was a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician and a member of parliament for Jessore-2. He was a Muhaddis, an Islamic speaker and scholar. He ...

of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, received 13,940 votes.

References

Living people 1966 births Awami League politicians 9th Jatiya Sangsad members 10th Jatiya Sangsad members 11th Jatiya Sangsad members 12th Jatiya Sangsad members Place of birth missing (living people) {{Khulna-AL-politician-stub