Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury
Bangladeshi politician
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Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury (Bengali: শাহীনুর পাশা চৌধুরী; born 1970) is a Bangladeshi politician from Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis. He was elected a member of parliament for the first time in July 2005 after the death of incumbent Abdus Samad Azad, a Awami League presidium member.[1][2][3]
Shahinur Pasha Chowdhury | |
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শাহীনুর পাশা চৌধুরী | |
| Member of the Bangladesh Parliament for Sunamganj-3 | |
| In office 21 July 2005 – 28 October 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Abdus Samad Azad |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Abdul Mannan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 (age 55–56) |
| Party | Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis (2024 – present) |
Other political affiliations | Trinomool BNP (2023 – 2024) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (1991 – 2023) |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
Early life and education
Chowdhury was born in 1970 to a Bengali Muslim family in Patli Union, Jagannathpur, Sylhet District, East Pakistan (now Sunamganj District, Bangladesh). He completed a master's in hadith studies at the Jamia Qasimul Uloom Madrasa, and then completed a degree at the Murari Chand College. After that, he studied law at the University of Dhaka.[4]
Career
In 1991, Chowdhury was affiliated with Chhatra Jamiat Bangladesh. He was the central general secretary. He is the joint general secretary of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh. He was a member of parliament elected from Sunamganj-3 constituency. He was elected a member of parliament for the first time after the death of former foreign minister Abdus Samad Azad, a member of the Awami League Presidium in the 2005.[1][2][5]
Chowdhury unsuccessfully contested the 2008 and 2018 elections as a candidate of the four party alliance led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jatiya Oikya Front.[6]
Chowdhury served as the legal affairs secretary of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh in 2019–2020. He is the vice-president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh. On 7 May 2021, he was detained by Criminal Investigation Department from Sylhet following riots by Hefazat during a state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[6][7][8][9] He joined Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis on 16 December 2024.[10]