Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim (born 2 February 1949; better known as Sheikh Selim) is a Bangladeshi politician who is a

Jatiya Sangsad The Jatiya Sangsad ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ, lit=National Parliament, translit=Jatiyô Sôngsôd), often referred to simply as the ''Sangsad'' or JS and also known as the House of the Nation, is the supreme legislative body of ...

member representing the

Gopalganj-2 Gopalganj-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 1991 by Sheikh Fazlul Karim of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Gopalganj Sadar Upazila and seven union parish ...

constituency since 1991. He is a member of the

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party. He also served as the

minister of Health and Family Welfare The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is an Indian government ministry charged with health policy in India. It is also responsible for all government programs relating to family planning in India. The Minister of Health and Family Welfare h ...

during 1999–2001.

Early life

Selim is the nephew of

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengali politi ...

, former president of Bangladesh. He is the younger brother of

Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani (4 December 1939 – 15 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the nephew of the founding father of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and founded the Mujib Bahini (Bangladesh Liberation Force-BLF) one of the m ...

founder of

Jubo League The Bangladesh Awami Jubo League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী যুবলীগ) commonly known as the Jubo League, is the first youth organization of Bangladesh founded by Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani. It is the youth wing o ...

. He is a cousin of the current Prime Minister

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh since January 2 ...

Career

Salim is the current parliamentary representative for the a constituency of

. He is a Presidium member of Bangladesh Awami League. He has won parliamentary elections from Gopalganj-2 seven times. He served as the Minister for Health and Family Welfare in the

First Sheikh Hasina Cabinet The first Hasina cabinet was the Government of Bangladesh during the 7th legislative session of the Jatiya Sangsad following the 1996 general election, and left office on 15 July 2001. Cabinet The cabinet was composed of the following minis ...

. He is the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare Ministry.

Controversy

On 23 April 2008,

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sued him for corruption at the Ramna Police Station. He secured bail from the High Court on 16 September 2008. The High Court, in September, stayed proceeding of the case against Selim. On 24 October 2010,

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stayed the High Court order, allowing the case to proceed.

Personal life

Selim's eldest son Sheikh Fazle Fahim is the current president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries and is married to a daughter of businessman Moosa Bin Shamsher. Another son Sheikh Nayem is married to the daughter of BNP politician

Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku Iqbal Hasan Mahmud ( bn, ইকবাল হাসান মাহমুদ), also known as Tuku ( bn, টুকু), is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former state minister of power and agriculture during 2001–2006. Early life ...

. One of Selim's grandsons, Zayan Chowdhary, died in the

2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital, Colombo, were targeted in a series of coordinated ISIS-related terrorist suicide bombings. Later that day, there were smaller explo ...

. The child's father Moshiul Haque Chowdhary was wounded, though his mother, Selim's daughter, Sheikh Amina Sultana Sonia, was unharmed.

References

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