Sheikh Shahidul Islam is a Bangladeshi politician who was elected to parliament for Madaripur-3 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986, and served as Minister for Education, Public Works, Youth and Sports from 1984 to 1990. He is the current secretary general of the Jatiya Party (Manju).

Career

In 1972 and 1975 he headed the Jatiya Chhatra League, the student front, of the BAKSAL government of Bangladesh. Islam was the Minister of Education from January 1989 to May 1990. Since 2008 he is the secretary general of the Jatiya Party fraction lead by Anwar Hossain Manju.

Personal life

His uncle was the first president of Bangladesh

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 ...

. He is married to Yasmin Islam. They have three children together (2 sons and 1 daughter)

References

Awami League politicians Living people Sheikh Mujibur Rahman family 3rd Jatiya Sangsad members 4th Jatiya Sangsad members Year of birth missing (living people) Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League central committee members {{Dhaka-politician-stub