Sheikh Rahman (born November 15, 1960) is a

Bangladeshi-American Bangladeshi Americans ( bn, বাংলাদেশী মার্কিনী, Bangladeshī Markinī) are Americans of Bangladeshi descent. The majority of Bangladeshi Americans are Bengalis and form the largest group of Bengali Americans. Ba ...

politician who has served in the

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from the 5th district since January 14, 2019. He is the first Muslim lawmaker in

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Personal life

Sheikh Rahman was born in Bangladesh. He moved to

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and attended

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in 1981. He graduated from the

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in 1995 with a

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. He has a wife, Sham'e (née Afrose), and two kids, Rawda (daughter) and Anzar (son).

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