Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby

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Born (1980-05-21) 21 May 1980 (age 45)
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Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby
রাদওয়ান মুজিব সিদ্দিক ববি
Radwan in 2015
Born (1980-05-21) 21 May 1980 (age 45)
Alma materLondon School of Economics
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FamilySee Tungipara Sheikh family
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Criminal chargeCorruption
Penalty7 years jail
Wanted by
Bangladesh
Wanted since2025

Radwan Mujib Siddiq Bobby[a] (born 21 May 1980)[3] is a Bangladeshi strategy consultant and policy magazine[4] editor.[5][6][7] He is a Trustee of the center-left think tank Centre for Research and Information.[8][9] He is the son of Sheikh Rehana.[10][11] His maternal grandfather was Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[12][13] He is also brother of Tulip Siddiq, a British Labour Party politician[14][15] and former Economic Secretary to the Treasury.[16]

Radwan was born on 21 May 1980 in the United Kingdom.[17] He is a London School of Economics graduate in political science.[17]

Career

Radwan looks after the institution as a trustee of Center for Research and Information (CRI), the research institute aligned with Awami League's 'Young Bangla'.[18] In August 2022, Radwan served as Strategic Advisor – Governance at UNDP Bangladesh.[19][20][21]

In April 2025, the Anti-Corruption Commission seized Radwan's properties and those of his family members after filing a successful petition with Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Zakir Hossain.[22] The seizures were linked to corruption cases involving the allocation of government-developed plots of land, in which Radwan and other members of Sheikh Hasina’s family were later tried and convicted in absentia.[23][24][25][26] In the same plot allocation case involving Tulip Siddiq, a group of British lawyers described the proceedings as “contrived and unfair”.[27][28] In February 2026, he was sentenced to 7 years in jail for the Purbachal scam cases.[29][30]

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