Shafiqur Rahaman Chowdhury

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Shofiqur Rahman Choudhury MP
Minister of State for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment
Assumed office
11 January 2024
Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina
Preceded byImran Ahmad
Member of Parliament
for Sylhet-2
Assumed office
9 January 2024
Preceded byYahya Chowdhury
In office
29 December 2008 – 5 January 2014
Preceded byIlias Ali
Succeeded byYahya Chowdhury
Personal details
Born (1957-08-18) August 18, 1957 (age 66)
Bishwanath, East Pakistan, Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Awami League
Alma materMurari Chand College

Shofiqur Rahman Choudhury (born 18 August 1957) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Sylhet-2 constituency.

Early life and education

Choudhury was born into a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Chandbharang in Dashghar Union, Bishwanath, Sylhet District in the then East Pakistan (now in Bangladesh). He was a descendant of Shah Chand, whom the village is named after,[1] who was the son of Shaykh Kalu, a disciple of Shah Jalal who participated in the Muslim conquest of Sylhet in 1303.[2] His father was Abdul Mutalib Choudhury, a notable community leader abroad, and his mother was Latifun Nessa Chowdhury.

Choudhury received his Secondary School Certificate from Chandbharang High School in 1972. He moved on to study at the Murari Chand College in Sylhet where he got his Higher Secondary School Certificate in 1975 and Bachelor of Arts in 1979.

Career

Chowdhury became a member of the Bangladesh Chhatra League as a student in 1969. After moving to the United Kingdom in 1978, he became involved with the Awami League and served numerous roles as part of the United Kingdom Awami League branch. He also served as secretary for the Tower Hamlets Community Development Trust, director of the Bethnal Green City Challenge, president of the Bishwanath Expatriate Education Trust, and secretary of the Expatriate Voting Rights Implementation Committee. He served as co-chairman for numerous sub-committees and was a member of the London Boishakhi Mela Committee, Banglatown Bastabayan and London Bangladesh Centre Ad Hoc Committee.

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Sylhet-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2008.[3] He resided in the United Kingdom and returned to Bangladesh for the election.[4]

References

  1. ^ Ali, Syed Murtaza (1965). হজরত শাহ জালাল ও সিলেটের ইতিহাস [Hazrat Shah Jalal and the History of Sylhet] (in Bengali). Dhaka: University Press. p. 34.
  2. ^ Qurashi, Ishfaq. "তিন'শ ষাট আউলিয়ার বিবরণ" [Description of the three hundred and sixty saints]. শাহজালাল(রঃ) এবং শাহদাউদ কুরায়শী(রঃ) [Shahjalal and Shah Dawud Qurayshi (R)] (in Bengali).
  3. ^ "Bangladesh Parliament Election - Detail Results - Amar Desh Online". amardesh.com. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  4. ^ Faysal, Atik Rahman. "BNP still confused, JP relaxed in Sylhet-2 seat". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 23 October 2019.


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