Shahjahan Chowdhury

For other people with the same name, see Shahjahan Chowdhury (disambiguation).

Shahjahan Chowdhury
Member of Parliament for Cox's Bazar-4
In office 2001–2006
Preceded by	Mohammad Ali
Succeeded by	Abdur Rahman Bodi
Personal details
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Political party	Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Shahjahan Chowdhury is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former Jatiya Sangsad member from the Cox's Bazar-4 constituency.

Career

Chowdhury was elected to parliament from Cox's Bazar-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001.^[1] Smuggling is a well known problem in the constituency, which encompasses Teknaf and Ukhia upazilas, both of which border Myanmar.^[2] Chowdhury is said to have been supported by "the man allegedly leading smuggling operations in Teknaf".^[3] He contested the seat again in 2018, but was defeated by Shahin Akhtar, the Awami League candidate.^[4] He is the president of the Cox's Bazar unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.^[2]

References

1. "Parliament Election Result of 1991, 1996, 2001 Bangladesh Election Information and Statistics". Vote Monitor Networks. Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
2. Aziz, Abdul (31 October 2018). "Cox's Bazar 4 constituency: Surplus of AL candidates against lone BNP candidate". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
3. Lintner, Bertil (2015). Great Game East: India, China, and the Struggle for Asia's Most Volatile Frontier. Yale University Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-300-21332-4.
4. "Bodi's wife Shahin Akhter wins Cox's Bazar-4 seat". bdnews24.com. 31 December 2018.